This is not my case because "Listen" is configured with port 8080 to bypass this problem and when I run it with root it is correctly listening on port 8080. > Vincent Blondel wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> My society needs a package containing apache that must meet next requirements : >> >> - all data , software and configuration must be isolated in /opt/apache >> - the package needs to run on FreeBSD >> - /opt/apache ( and all files in it ) must be owned by user:group apache:apache <--> 0755 >> - httpd must run as user:group www:apache >> >> The advantage of such a configuration is that >> >> - we can easily update our software on all of our servers >> - we can give the System Administration to this branch of our IT services to a dedicated team without giving them the root password >> - httpd process can run safely with only write access on the directories where it is absolutely needed ( log, run , ... ) >> >> ... >> >> The package is now ready but I get some problems. When I run apachectl as root user, process httpd runs correctly but when I run it >> as >> user apache , I get next error : >> >> [emerg] (2)No such file or directory: Couldn't create accept lock >> >> The problem is I don't know what file cannot be read ? > If you don't run apachectl as root, the parent process is unable to open > port for listening. You need root privileges for opening <1024 port that > is. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx