I think that some of those distributions auto-generate apache conf files based on some other configuration file. I saw something siimilar on SuSE. Why don't you just compile and install your own Apache and replace the init.d script ? -ascs -----Original Message----- From: Søren Neigaard [mailto:s.neigaard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:53 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Why wont apache start with this httpd.conf? Joshua Slive wrote: > On 10/13/05, Søren Neigaard <s.neigaard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>Hi >> >>I have a strange problem on Fedora Core 4. I have edited my >>httpd.conf, and now apache will not start when i use the >>/etc/init.d/httpd script, but if do a configtest it says ok, and if i >>start apache manually with /usr/sbin/httpd it allso works just fine. >> >>I still have the original httpd.conf, and if i revert to that the >>/etc/init.d/httpd script works fine. >> >>To me it looks like the /etc/init.d/httpd does some checking on my >>httpd.conf before it attempts to start apache, and that check fails, >>but why? There is nothing in any logfiles. > > > /etc/init.d/httpd is a fedora/redhat script; it does not come from > apache. So if you are having a problem with that script, you should > probably talk to redhat. We have no way of knowing what is going on > in there. > > Joshua. Damn i was afraid of that... /Søren --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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