I did not mention any LockFile directive in httpd.conf, so I defined it and it works now :) Thanks a lot Vincent > Check your AcceptMutex setting. You are probably using the flock or fcntl method and the lock file is owned by root. Therefore Apache > is now unable to lock the resource. Unless you have explicitly specified LockFile, you should find the lock file under > SERVER_ROOT/logs/accept.lock > > -ascs > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincent Blondel [mailto:vincent@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 3:01 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [users@httpd] apache Read/Write permissions problems ??? > > > 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 ? > > Regards > Vincent > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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