On 14/09/2007, zdbwo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <zdbwo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > but when I try "sudo apachectl start", I get no httpd processes, and > this message in my error log: > > > "[emerg] (14)Bad address: Couldn't set permissions on > cross-process lock; check User and Group directives" > > The default User and Group directives use daemon. I tried creating my > own user account and plugging in that user/group in place of daemon, > but I get the same result. I've never seen this error message before. Grepping the code shows that it's related to an inability to create the accept lock. As a guess then, does changing the value of AcceptMutex make any difference? http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html#acceptmutex -- noodl --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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