Based on the symptoms, i.e., works from CLI but fails during boot, I suspect a problem with privileges/attributes. What UID is Apache running as?
Anyways, what's wrong with Cherokee? I really like to know because I am currently considering deploying Cherokee. Rgds, On 2011-04-04, James <j...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > It's also worth noting that I have *no* "/usr/htdocs" line in any of > my configuration file(s). > > -james > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:22, James <j...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> I'm a long-time Cherokee user that is switching to Apache due to a >> nasty Cherokee bug that I can't seem to work around. >> >> I've configured Apache many times (albeit a long time ago), and can't >> seem to figure out what's going on here. >> >> I have a simple PHP app running that lives in some directory, say >> /stuff/web/app. >> >> I then have a vhost configuration that looks like this: >> >> <Directory "/stuff/web/app"> >> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks >> AllowOverride All >> Order allow,deny >> Allow from all >> </Directory> >> >> The vhost looks like this: >> >> <VirtualHost app.server.com:80> >> ServerName app.server.com >> DocumentRoot "/stuff/web/app" >> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/app.error >> </VirtualHost> >> >> When the server reboots, Apache refuses to serve me anything, giving >> the following error: >> >> ==> error_log <== >> [Mon Apr 04 07:17:59 2011] [error] [client 10.35.22.81] client denied >> by server configuration: /usr/htdocs >> >> ==> access_log <== >> 10.35.22.81 - - [04/Apr/2011:07:17:59 -0400] "\x16\x03\x01\x01\x98\x01" >> 403 273 >> >> I'm well aware of the default apache configuration (defined in >> /etc/apache2/modules.d/00_default_settings.conf), and that the default >> directory directive has a "Deny from all" default. >> >> However, if I *restart* my daemon with NO configuration changes after >> seeing these errors, the page comes up beautifully. Also worth noting >> is that rebooting the server again will put Apache back into a >> "broken" state and only after restarting the daemon will things >> function correctly. >> >> Thoughts on how to fix this would be much, MUCH appreciated. I am >> running out of hair to pull out of my head. :) >> >> -james >> > > -- -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
