Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 10:06:22 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: "Gene Harris (e-mail)" <geneh@tetronsoftware.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd log message starting httpd Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020706100622.0120f8c8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <200207061437.g66EbOPr000741@ns1.tetronsoftware.com>
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At 09:37 AM 7.6.2002 -0500, Gene Harris (e-mail) wrote: >I just upgraded apache13 to the current port. I am running 4.6-Stable. > >Whenever I attempt to start Apache from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh, I get >the following error message in my messages log: >httpd: /etc/spwd.db: Invalid argument > >In my httpd.conf file, I have user set to www and group set to www. >User www >Group www > >www exists in master.passwd and group. Here is what I get when I enter the >command manually: >su-2.05a# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh start >httpd: bad user name nobody >/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started > >I thought I would parse the httpd.conf using the following command: >su-2.05a# /usr/local/sbin/httpd -t >httpd: bad user name nobody > >As you can see, I am not getting anywhere. I've searched the web, but all I >can find are items that say the user 'nobody' does not exist in your password >and group files. > >Many Thanks, >-- >Gene Who do you have as owner:group for the document root....???? Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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