Kermit Short System Administrator CCN-DC-1 D-Div ph: 7-6360 pg: 4-5165 em: k_short@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Joost de Heer [mailto:sanguis@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:15 AM To: k_short@xxxxxxxx; users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: >I'm having trouble getting the HTTPD process to kick off. I receive an >error message when trying to start the daemon SYSV style (using the init.d >startup script): httpd: bad user name apache. [...] >The system is a member of an NIS domain, but I can't image that apache >would require an NIS-based account. What's in /etc/nsswitch.conf for 'passwd'? Joost --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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