Strange. What does running '/etc/init.d/httpd restart' do? You will also want to 'tail /var/log/httpd/error_log' and see if there are any messages.
I've never had any problems with apache, except when I was tweaking the conf file directly. Michael On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 20:12, Tyler Bushman wrote: > Have any of you newbies set up a webserver on your linux box yet? I've > tried reading the manuals for apache and it seems like I have it > installed just fine. Configuring it is another matter. I try to look > up http://localhost and it says "The connection was refused when > attempting to contact localhost." When I go to services I have httpd > checked off to start when I boot up. A weird thing though is that when > I try to stop that it says "httpd failed. The error was: Stopping httpd: > [FAILED]" > Here is how I have it set up through the G/etc/httpdUI on redhat 8.0 > > Main > server name: bushman.thebushmans.com (thebushmans.com is the domain > name that I bought) > Available addresses > All available addresses on port 80 > 12.254.239.10080 > Virtual Hosts > name/default virtual host > Address/default virtual host > Server > lock file:/var/lock/httpd.lock > PID file:/var/run/httpd.pid > core dump directory:/etc/httpd > User:apache > ] Group:apache/etc/httpd > Performance tuning is still set to defaults and I don't think anything > is wrong there. > > Any ideas guys? I'm pretty lost as it is, but setting up a web server > seems like it should be one of the fun things to do on linux. Anyone > want to donate some time to the meek and lowly - and stupid. Serious, > I'd be willing to do an oil change, car wash or whatever if someone > would come over and help me out with this. Maybe it is just something > simple, but it doesn't seem like it. > > Thanks for at least letting me vent... > > Tyler > > > -- Tyler Bushman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
