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I'm hoping for some help is solving this problem.

An excellent discussion of the installation  of WebMO is www/webmo.net


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: Problem Installing WebMO.23.0.17
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:36:54 -0500
From: Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net>
To: JR Schmidt <schmidt@webmo.net>
CC: William Polik <polikwebmo@gmail.com>


JR

Thanks for the quick response.

(base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt-get install apache2 
apache2-suexec-custom libcgi-pm-perl
[sudo] password for comp:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
apache2 is already the newest version (2.4.57-2).
apache2-suexec-custom is already the newest version (2.4.57-2).
libcgi-pm-perl is already the newest version (4.55-1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

To address the question if Apache is running:

(base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo service apache2 stop
(base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo service apache2 start
Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with 
error code.
See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xeu 
apache2.service" for details.
(base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo systemctl status apache2.service
× apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; 
preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2023-12-21 12:34:04 
EST; 14s ago
       Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
    Process: 35373 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, 
status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 18ms

Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal systemd[1]: Starting apache2.service - The 
Apache HTTP Server...
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal apachectl[35379]: (2)No such file or directory: 
AH02291: Cannot access directory '/var/log/apache2/' for main error log
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal apachectl[35379]: (2)No such file or directory: 
AH02291: Cannot access directory '/var/log/apache2/' for error log of 
vhost d>
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal apachectl[35379]: AH00014: Configuration check 
failed
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal apachectl[35373]: Action 'start' failed.
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal apachectl[35373]: The Apache error log may have 
more information.
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process 
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 
'exit-code'.
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal systemd[1]: Failed to start apache2.service - 
The Apache HTTP Server.
(base) comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo journalctl -xeu apache2.service
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal apachectl[35373]: Action 'start' failed.
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal apachectl[35373]: The Apache error log may have 
more information.
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process 
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit apache2.service has exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 
'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ The unit apache2.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 
'exit-code'.
Dec 21 12:34:04 AbNormal systemd[1]: Failed to start apache2.service - 
The Apache HTTP Server.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit apache2.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit apache2.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 4943 and the job result is failed.


On 12/21/2023 11:05 AM, JR Schmidt wrote:
> I probably cannot be of much help, since it doesn't look like Apache is even started:
>
> Dec 21 06:42:27 AbNormal apachectl[4457]: (2)No such file or directory: AH02291: Cannot access directory '/var/log/apache2/' for main error log
> Dec 21 06:42:27 AbNormal apachectl[4457]: (2)No such file or directory: AH02291: Cannot access directory '/var/log/apache2/' for error log of vhost defined at /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:1
>
> It appears that Apache was not installed correctly, since the log directory doesn't even exist.  I wouldn't be surprised if there were more fundamental issues as well.
>
> You can try removing/reinstalling APACHE itself.  If you cannot connect to Apache (just http:// abnormal.att.net) then Apache isn't even running.
>
> Although I double Apache has started, even if it HAS, it it likely not using SSL.  Thus the right URL would be:
> http://abnormal.att.net/~comp/cgi-bin/webmo/login.cgi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2023 6:20 AM
> To: support@webmo.net
> Subject: Problem Installing WebMO.23.0.17
>
> Due to an increasing number of show stopping questions, I have reinstalled Debian 12 on my main Linux platform.
>
> Once again, the same reoccurring problem:
>
> https://abnormal.att.net/~comp/cgi-bin/webmo/login.cgi generates the dreaded 'Unable to connect'.
>
> No errors were generated during the installation problem. Both diagnose.html and the installation.log are attached. The userdir.conf file was edited:
>
> UserDir public_html
> UserDir disabled root
>
> <Directory /home/*/public_html>
>       AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes
>       Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
>       Require method GET POST OPTIONS
> </Directory>
>
> <Directory /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin>
> Options +ExecCGI
> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
> </Directory>
>
> Finally, I checked the installation of Apache2 and found a problem, please see the attached Apache2Status.log.
>
> At this point, I acknowledge that a little bit of knowledge is (in my case, a very great) dangerous thing. I am sure that, if I were to bumble my way towards a solution I, would completely destroy the platform.
>
> I would very much appreciate a solution.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
> https://insilicochemistry.net
> (614)312-7528 (c)
> Skype:  smolnar1
>
>

-- 
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
https://insilicochemistry.net
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype:  smolnar1


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