On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:37:45AM -0400, William R. McDonough wrote: > > Try "bash -x /usr/sbin/apachectl start" > > > > -- > > + PIDFILE=/var/run/apache.pid > + HTTPD=/usr/sbin/apache > + LYNX=lynx -dump > + STATUSURL=http://localhost/server-status > + ERROR=0 > + ARGV=start > + '[' xstart = x ']' > + '[' -f /var/run/apache.pid ']' > ++ cat /var/run/apache.pid > + PID=14803 > + '[' x14803 '!=' x ']' > + kill -0 14803 > + STATUS=httpd (pid 14803?) not running > + RUNNING=0 > + '[' 0 -eq 1 ']'
Ok, we're in 67 of apachectl .... The next thing is: 'if /usr/sbin/apache' > + /usr/sbin/apache > Bareword found where operator expected at /dev/null line 1, near Hmm, this looks more like a message from apache starting up. > "/usr/sbin" > (Missing operator before bin?) > Number found where operator expected at /dev/null line 1, near "line 68" > (Do you need to predeclare line?) > syntax error at /dev/null line 1, near "/usr/sbin" > Execution of /dev/null aborted due to compilation errors. > parse: Success Haven't done perl in a while, but this looks _awfully_ close to a perl error message :-/ Let's test. $ perl -e '/usr/sbin' Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "/usr/sbin" (Missing operator before bin?) Hmm, something seems to feed '/usr/sbin' to a perl interpreter. Do you by any chance have mod_perl installed and maybe a 'PerlRequire' that loads the wrong file? > + echo '/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started' > + ERROR=3 > + exit 3 > HTH Ralf Mattes > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]