I installed a fresh copy of 5.9 and still having the same issue. Still seeing parent: send server: Can't assign requested address in /var/log/messages.
Thanks On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Kevin Gerrard <ke...@txwre.com> wrote: > OpenBSD 6.0 > I had this happen to me a few days ago. I set httpd.conf up to use "*" at > first just to cut down on hiccups. When I had it up and working with php, > and mariadb I changed "*" to "192.168.3.254" and restarted > httpd.conf. It did not work, even after a reboot. So I put the "*" back in > just so I could go populate mariadb 10 and php 7. After reading these > emails today it made me remember that, and so I logged into it and changed > it back to the "192.168.3.254" instead of "*", and restarted httpd. I > thought I was going to reproduce the hiccup but instead the dadgum thing > worked!!! > > No problems here at all but I did want to say for whatever reason it was, > this exact anomaly did happen to me once also, however upon trying to > reproduce it I could not. > > The only thing I can think of is that I "might" not have rebooted? I really > doubt that is it but a lot on my mind lately and it could easily have been. > > Kevin Gerrard > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of > Currell Berry > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 5:32 PM > To: Monah Baki > Cc: ludovic coues; openbsd-misc > Subject: Re: Getting http to work > > Monah Baki writes: > >> # httpd -dnv >> configuration OK >> >> # rcctl -dddd start httpd >> doing _rc_parse_conf >> doing _rc_quirks >> httpd_flags empty, using default >< >> doing _rc_parse_conf /var/run/rc.d/httpd doing _rc_quirks doing >> rc_check httpd doing rc_pre configuration OK doing rc_start doing >> _rc_wait start doing rc_check doing _rc_write_runfile >> (ok) >> >> # /etc/rc.d/httpd start >> httpd(ok) >> >> cat /var/log/messages >> >> Feb 25 15:35:22 nebula httpd[94632]: parent: send server: Can't assign >> requested address Feb 25 15:36:06 nebula httpd[14026]: parent: send >> server: Can't assign requested address >> >> >> vi httpd.conf >> >> # $OpenBSD: httpd.conf,v 1.14 2015/02/04 08:39:35 florian Exp $ >> >> # >> # Macros >> # >> ext_addr="*" >> >> # >> # Global Options >> # >> # prefork 3 >> >> # >> # Servers >> # >> >> # A minimal default server >> server "default" { >> listen on $ext_addr port 80 >> } >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:27 PM, ludovic coues <cou...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> # rcctl -dddd start httpd >>> This command should give you some details on what isn't working. >>> If not, you can try `# httpd -nvv` to check your config and `# httpd >>> -dvvvv` to run httpd directly. >>> >>> 2017-02-25 21:20 GMT+01:00 Monah Baki <monahb...@gmail.com>: >>>> Changing to ext_addr="*" >>>> >>>> >>>> # /etc/rc.d/httpd start >>>> httpd(failed) >>>> >>>> Nothing shows up in /var/log/messages >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Currell Berry <currellbe...@gmail.com> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Monah Baki writes: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Installed a fresh install of OpenBSD 6.0 on VMWare workstation and >>>>>> wanted to run default webserver. >>>>>> >>>>>> In the messages logs I find the following error: >>>>>> >>>>>> httpd[23792]: parent: send server: Can't assign requested address >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >>>>>> lladdr 00:0c:29:b3:81:f8 >>>>>> index 1 priority 0 llprio 3 >>>>>> groups: egress >>>>>> media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex,master) >>>>>> status: active >>>>>> inet 192.168.60.129 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast >>>>>> 192.168.60.255 >>>>>> >>>>>> In my httpd.conf all I changed was the "ext_addr" Macro, everything > else as is. >>>>>> >>>>>> $ cat /etc/httpd.conf >>>>>> # $OpenBSD: httpd.conf,v 1.14 2015/02/04 08:39:35 florian Exp $ >>>>>> >>>>>> # >>>>>> # Macros >>>>>> # >>>>>> ext_addr="192.168.60.129" >>>>>> # A minimal default server >>>>>> server "default" { >>>>>> listen on $ext_addr port 80 } >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you >>>>>> Monah >>>>> >>>>> Did you try >>>>> >>>>> ext_addr="*" >>>>> >>>>> yet? >>>>> >>>>> Does it report the same error with that in place? >>>>> >>>>> -- Currell >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cordialement, Coues Ludovic >>> +336 148 743 42 > > Some ideas: > You might have an instance of httpd running in the background stopping a > new one from binding to the port. > > Run the following commands and examine the output to check what could be > there > > # netstat -na -f inet | grep LISTEN > # ps ax > > Kill all running instances of httpd, or anything else that is binding to > port 80. > > Once you've done that, try starting httpd in no-fork mode and see what > it says: > > # httpd -dv > > If it still doesn't work, try a different port (change 80 to 8888 for > instance). > > -- Currell
