Several possibilities. Can you "telnet localhost", if not, does not sound like an apache problem.
You should be looking for apache not httpd: root 636 0.0 0.3 3592 396 ? S Jun14 0:00 /usr/sbin/apache www-data 643 0.0 0.2 3720 368 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache www-data 644 0.0 0.2 3680 312 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache www-data 645 0.0 0.2 3720 368 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache www-data 646 0.0 0.2 3720 368 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache www-data 647 0.0 0.9 3680 1216 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache www-data 4724 0.0 0.2 3720 380 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache www-data 6118 0.0 0.2 3660 316 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache www-data 6303 0.0 0.6 3616 888 ? S Jun14 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/apache Possible problem with your /etc/apache/access.conf file. In particular the <Directory /var/www> section. Probably should look something like this: <Directory /var/www> # This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes", # "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews". # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All" # doesn't give it to you (or at least, not yet). Options Indexes FollowSymLinks # This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can # override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo", # "AuthConfig", and "Limit" AllowOverride None # Controls who can get stuff from this server. order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dieter Schicker) writes: > Hi, > > I just installed Apache 1.3.20 on my Debian box (Potato 2.2r2) which is NOT > connected to the internet. I want to test some perl scripts on this machine. > > The installation worked fine and when I run Apache by the command "apachectl > start" it says: "httpd started". > But when I do a "ps aux" the httpd is not listed. When I try to access > apache through a webserver (http://localhost/) it says "Connection refused > when trying to connect to dilino" (which is the name I "invented" for my > machine). Is there a problem with my ServerName directive? > > So my question is: How can I configure Apache in order to run just locally? -- * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 *

