On Mon, May 16, 2005 12:48 pm, Roger Searle said:
> Hi, I have apache2 installed on this suse 9.1 box (Yast tells me all
> sorts of apache2 packages are there).  How can I start the server?
> Running httpd gives me "command not found".   In a browser http://seven
> or http://192.168.0.7 or http://localhost all give "the connection was
> refused when attempting to contact seven".  None of this is a surprise
> given the server isn't started.
>
> Looked so simple when Steve demonstrated it recently.  Googling produces
> so much info on apache tutorials, and I have dozens of apache files and
> directories all over the place that I am overwhelmed by the whole thing
> and hope someone can point me in the right direction.
>
> Cheers,
> Roger
>
Logged in as root in a command box...

cd /etc/init.d
ls -l apa*

There should be a file apache2 there. If not, look for httpd.

to start the web server,

./apache2 start

You should then get response to http://localhost form your browser.

hth,

Steve

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