Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-12 Thread Jochen Spieker
Balamurugan: Please download apache as a tar.gz and try installing in a local path rather installing as a system(/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin). This is bad advice. This installation will not receive any automatic upgrades and any problems the OP has with the Debian package can occur here as

Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-11 Thread Balamurugan
Dear John, Please download apache as a tar.gz and try installing in a local path rather installing as a system(/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin). In this way, you can configure to the most minute level. If you find any issues, you can simply remove that path. That is it. Steps: 1. tar -xzvf

Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-10 Thread Jochen Spieker
John W. Foster: […] I want to know first of all if there is a way, Command line perhaps, to have apt completely reinstall all of Apache2 with the dist basic files so that it works upon startup, then I can try to reconfigure it manually. apt-get purge apache2 apt-get install apache2 Beware

Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-09 Thread Lars Noodén
On 09.09.2013 19:43, John W. Foster wrote: I have an installation of Apache2 that is misconfigured no longer works. One way would be to remove the package apache2 and then move the config files out of the way. Then reinstall apache2 to get the default settings back. apt-get remove

Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-09 Thread John W. Foster
I have an installation of Apache2 that is misconfigured no longer works. Over the last couple of years Apache has become bloated hard to manage so I tried using webmin to work out the kinks. My lack of experience has caused me to totally screw up my web server so I want to enlist some