The commented out "Listen 443" and "Listen 80" are probably part of your problem, however, I'd suspect that your httpd.conf is missing the following from the relevant sections also:
LoadModule ssl_module modules/libssl.so AddModule mod_ssl.c - John Airey Internet systems support officer, ITCSD, Royal National Institute for the Blind, Bakewell Road, Peterborough PE2 6XU, Tel.: +44 (0) 1733 375299 Fax: +44 (0) 1733 370848 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: ComCity [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 23 October 2001 15:29 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: New User: must be obvious question > > >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] - NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email's content. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the email and any attachments from your system. RNIB has made strenuous efforts to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any viruses which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RNIB. RNIB Registered Charity Number: 226227 Website: http://www.rnib.org.uk ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
