Re: tlug: Apache on Red Hat isn't working

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Totoro wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
> 
> > I had Red Hat 5 install Apache along with just about the whole kitchen sink,
> > but something doesn't seem to be working.  It can't be accessed from
> > anywhere, not even the other computer sitting right next to it, or even from
> > itself as either localhost or as 127.0.0.1.  Attempting access via Netscape
> > just results in it waiting until the "server not responding message" comes
> > up.
> 
> Take a look at your configuration files in /etc/httpd/conf. You should set
> a hostname in there, and there are a lot of variables to set as you desire.
> Also, take a look at /etc/services to make sure that port 80 is set for
> http. It should be, but ya never knows.

If something's wrong with httpd.conf you'll get an error message on boot
up (assuming that httpd is even trying to start on bootup...)

> 
> Then again, it mostly sounds like your http daemon isn't running. There is
> something odd about the inetd startup at times. I was having trouble with
> my inn not starting properly before. Anyhow, just run /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
> with the stop and then start variables to make sure the service is running.
> 
> > All other TCP/IP stuff on this machine, including telnet and FTP, are
> > working fine.  Any ideas as to what I should look at?  This is a vanilla
> > Apache installation from the .rpm and I haven't changed anything.
> 
> If you haven't done so, you need to update a number of packages. There is
> also one for apache. The RedHat updates are mostly security issues, so
> they are important. Check the mirror that works best for you. Also, are
> you still running the default 2.0.31 kernel? I'm not sure if RH patched
> that one for the F0 0F workaround or not. I don't think so, however, so
> it's best to upgrade to at least 2.0.32
> 
> HTH
> 
> David Riley
> 
> Hachinohe
> 
> http://w3.clat.hi-tech.ac.jp
> 
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