>Number: 5082
>Category: config
>Synopsis: httpd dies after a successful start if the name of the logfile
>in a VirtualHost directive is invalid
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: apache
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: apache
>Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 29 07:50:00 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Organization:
apache
>Release: 1.3.9
>Environment:
root# uname -a
FreeBSD skaarup.org 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 23 13:40:21
CEST 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/SKAARUP 386
>Description:
** snip from httpd.conf **
[...]
NameVirtualHost 130.228.230.140
[...]
<VirtualHost 130.228.230.140>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DocumentRoot /home/skaarup/www.spoon.dk
ServerName spoon.dk
ServerAlias www.spoon.dk
ErrorLog /var/log/www.spoon.dk/-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/www.spoon.dk-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
[...]
** end of snip **
Please notice the slash in the ErrorLog directive, which of course is a typo.
The "www.spoon.dk" directory does not exist in /var/log.
(apache is NOT running at this time)
root# apachectl configtest
Syntax OK
root# apachectl start
/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd started
Your mind rest asure.. but actually, httpd is not running. And there is no
trace nor entry in any error-log (/var/log/error-log, default apache
error-log). The next time I try to start apache:
root# apachectl start
/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
That's it. The configtest still reports a green light.
>How-To-Repeat:
Make a bad entry in the ErrorLog (and maybe CustomLog) directive in a
VirtualHost object. This way Apache can't just make a new logfile (as it will
try to create a file in a directory that doesn't exist).
>Fix:
Make sure configtest and/or the httpd-startup procedure (apachectl [re]start)
notices it, and reports an error instead of a green light.
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