* dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [0559 01:59]:
> Fabiano Sidler wrote:
> >Hi folks!
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ httpd -k start
> >(20014)Error string not specified yet: Error retrieving pid file 
> >/var/run/httpd.pid
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ ls -l /var/run/httpd.pid -rw-r--r--  1 root root 0 May 
> >20 
> >02:44 /var/run/httpd.pid
> >
> >Same problem with httpd:httpd permissions. 'strace' says:
> >
> >[...]
> >open("/var/run/httpd.pid", O_RDONLY)    = 3
> >read(3, "", 13)                         = 0
> >write(2, "(20014)Error string not specifie"..., 84) = 84
> >[...]
> >
> >Where is the problem?
> >Greetings,
> >fips
> >
> 
> Do you have a PidFile directive in httpd.conf?  Does it match up to 
> where Apache would expect it?

Well it looks like it, doesn't it? Did you see the strace output?

apache opens the file,
tries to read 13 bytes, and hits end of file
no error is thrown.


Looks to me like Apache is reading the pidfile, but it's empty.
Try deleting it and trying again.
 

-- 
'Robots don't have emotions, and that sometimes makes me feel sad.'
                -- Bender
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns

---------------------------------------------------------------------
The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project.
See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info.
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   "   from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to