Well that doesn't make a lot of sense....so your saying that "configtest is better at error checking than apache is at running?"
Here's the error I get: Syntax error on line 1158 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf: Invalid command 'SSLEngine', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration 8< snip #Listen 80 <VirtualHost 209.10.62.26:80> DocumentRoot /home/webs/holisticfamilyandpets ServerName www.holisticfamilyandpets.com ScriptAlias /_vti_bin/_vti_adm/ /home/webs/holisticfamilyandpets/_vti_bin/_vti_adm/ ScriptAlias /_vti_bin/_vti_aut/ /home/webs/holisticfamilyandpets/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/ ScriptAlias /_vti_bin/ /home/webs/holisticfamilyandpets/_vti_bin/ </VirtualHost> #Listen 443 <VirtualHost 209.10.62.26:443> DocumentRoot /home/webs/holisticfamilyandpets ServerName www.holisticfamilyandpets.com # The following line is line 1158 SSLEngine ON SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/certs/holisticfamilyandpets.com.crt SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/certs/holisticfamilyandpets.com.key SSLVerifyClient none </VirtualHost> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Owen Boyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 12:14 AM Subject: Re: New User: must be obvious question > ComCity wrote: > > > > Hi, I've gotten Mod_SSL working on my apache server along with openSSL. I > > have working certs and they get served up as virtual servers. My question > > has to be obvious. > > > > I can stop apache no problem with: > > apachectl stop > > > > I can start apache no problem with > > apachectl startssl > > > > However, I cannot "restart" apache with > > apachectl restart > > > > And, if I use > > apachectl configtest > > > > it tells me I have an error at the <SSLEngine On> line of my conf file line. > > This can't be real because it work fine if I stop and restart or reboot the > > computer. The restart command simply doesn't seem to be working for me. > > If you are getting an error message when you configtest, then the > amazing thing is that your server is starting under any circumstances. I > suspect this is not a problem with apachectl which works fine for > everyone else but rather (suprise, suprise...) and error in your conf > file. > > To help diagnose it, please cut'n'paste the error messagea and post the > section from your conf file which deals with the SSL virtualhost. > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle. > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
