The following reply was made to PR config/2175; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Kris Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: config/2175: default path in httpd.conf incorrect Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 23:45:42 -0600 (MDT) On 3 May 1998, Kris Kahn wrote: > When attempting to start up apache, it just exited: > > /usr/local/apache/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started > > After a bit of searching using "truss /usr/local/apache/sbin/httpd", I found > that it was not finding the SERVER_ROOT/logs directory. So, just changing > the > entry in httpd.conf to: > > CustomLog var/logs/referer_log referer > CustomLog var/logs/agent_log agent > > ...resolves the problem. > >How-To-Repeat: > > See above, just uncomment those lines in the httpd.conf > >Fix: > The error message generated by httpd (or the exit code passed to apachectl) > should > indicate exactly what the problem is, i.e. "Non-existant: logs/referrer_log" > or > "Directory: logs (defined in httpd.conf), does not exist" Did you look in the error log?
