Re: Bug#253203: apache will not start due to syntax error
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, William R. McDonough wrote:
> Package: apache
> Version: 1.3.31-1
>
> Sometime in the last 24 hours, probably after an upgrade... not sure...
> Apache died and will not restart.
> The error given is not enough information for me to find which file apache
> is complaining about:
>
> [root@janitor: ~]$ apachectl start
> Bareword found where operator expected at /dev/null line 1, near "/usr/sbin"
> (Missing operator before bin?)
> Number found where operator expected at /dev/null line 1, near "line 68"
> (Do you need to predeclare line?)
> syntax error at /dev/null line 1, near "/usr/sbin"
> Execution of /dev/null aborted due to compilation errors.
> parse: Success
> /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
>
>
> I'm looking for help to findout which file Apache is complaining about so
> I can fix the syntax.
Uhao... never seen an error like this. I guess i will need your help to
track this problem down.
Please run the following commands for me:
/etc/init.d/apache stop
to be sure nothing is running.
apachectl configtest
that will check if there are obviuos errors in the config files
and repeat the same test executing:
apache -t
If there are errors in the config file please indicate which ones
otherwise you will see a "Sintax OK", but remember that it does not mean
that the config is 100% valid, only the sintax.
try to start apache again and keep an eye on /var/log/error.log.
Try first with /etc/init.d/apache start (and see if it starts) stop it
again and try apachectl start.
Thanks
Fabio
PS I would really appreciate if you can provide me info back asap.
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