Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ComCity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:25 PM Subject: Re: New User: must be obvious question
> Hi Mike, > > the problem you are observing has a simple explanation. If you define > -DSSL as argument for apachectl or configtest or httpd the according > parts included in > <IfDefine SSL> .. </IfDefine> are executed. If not defined, they are > ignored. Your LoadModule and AddModule statements are properly nested > with IfDefines, but your VirtualHost for SSL (including mod_ssl > directives like SSLEngine) seems not to be enclosed by IfDefine or > IfModule. > If you start your httpd with -DSSL this is no problem, because mod_ssl > is loaded and interprets these directives. If you don't give -DSSL (as > in your call of configtest) the Apache httpd does not load mod_ssl and > does not understand directives like SSLEngine. > To get rid of the error, you should encapsulate all directives that are > available only if a certain module is loaded into Apache with IfDefine > or IfModule statements. For examples of this have a look in the > standard httpd.conf in the conf directory of your Apache installation. > > > The commented lines have no effect in or out. This was occuring long before > > these line comments were added. I just added those recently to find things > > easier when editing the file to try with this issue. I added these comments > > after the problem started...they where not there originally. Without the > > comment lines, it simply shifts the line # where the error occurs. I have > > always had > > > LoadModule ssl_module modules/libssl.so > > in my httpd.conf but I do not have > > AddModule mod_ssl.c. > > However, upon adding this line AddModule mod_ssl.c, there was no effect. > > Configtest gives the same error on the same line #. > > > > Is there some other way to restart apache when mod_ssl is installed. After > > all, you use apachectl startssl instead of apachectl start. Is there an > > apachectl restartssl? > > > > Thanks > > Mike > > > With best regards > > Georg Oppenberg > Internet Engineer Web Hosting > > UUNET - a WorldCom Company > UUNET Deutschland GmbH > Sebrathweg 20 > 44149 Dortmund > Germany > > Tel. +49 231 972 2280 > Fax. +49 231 972 1180 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.worldcom.com/de/ > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
