From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 06:55:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 213A437B401 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 06:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spork.pantherdragon.org (spork.pantherdragon.org [206.29.168.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB8743F85 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 06:55:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmp@pantherdragon.org) Received: from sparx.techno.pagans (12-224-208-117.client.attbi.com [12.224.208.117]) by spork.pantherdragon.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A421FD90; Thu, 1 May 2003 06:55:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from speck.techno.pagans (speck.techno.pagans [172.21.42.2]) by sparx.techno.pagans (Postfix) with SMTP id C331FA913; Thu, 1 May 2003 06:55:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 06:54:45 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim To: ziggy@one2net.co.ug Message-Id: <20030501065445.436a492e.dmp@pantherdragon.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: rghf@fsck.me.uk cc: nuckingfutsto@hotmail.com cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 13:55:27 -0000 "David Lubowa" wrote: > >quick work around, can you start httpd on console i.e /usr/local/sbin/httpd >& ? if so you could write a simple shell script to start apache, rather than >relying on the shell script that is there by default. The proper way to start apache is `apachectl start`. >From: Nucking Futs > >It appears this might be a known issue, where might i go to find the >official solution. I tried adding ' " and ; and it either gave me other >errors or made no difference. I don't understand how to write code. Thanks > > >>From: Rus Foster >> >>On Thu, 1 May 2003, Nucking Futs wrote: >> >> > I have installed the apache 1.3.27-fp port in my FBSD 4.8 system. Apache >> > will not start automatically when the system boots. I receive an error >> > "120: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string" I tried chmod 755 the >> > apache.sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d but this didn't help either. Have I done >> > something wrong, is this a known problem? Any suggestions as to what I can >> > do to fix this would be appreciated. Thanks >> > >> >>HI, >>Looks like the script has got a typo in it. Open it and goto line 120 and >>see wahat it says. If the script only has 119 lines then you might have to >>look for an unclosed quote (' or `)