Hi, is the owner of that directories the same user thet you have set in "User" and "Group" (apache2.conf)? On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:30:45 +0100, "Sam Wootton" <sam.wootton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for the reply, much appreciated. > > The permissions in the /apache/logs directory are all > > -rw-rw-r-- > > however, in my attempt (temporarily) to get things working, i did chmod > 777 > on all directories - and this still didn't work (i got the rewrite lock > error still). > > The reason why i am losing my patience with this problem, is that the > error > msg appears fairly self explanatory (in that apache appears not to have > the > correct permissions), but i cannot fix it. > > Regards, Sam Wootton > > 2008/8/27 Ron Savage <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Hi Sam >> >> >> > When i attempt to start apache, i get the following in the access log: >> > >> > crit (14)Bad address: mod_rewrite: Could not set permissions on >> > rewrite_log_lock; check User and Group directives Configuration Failed >> > >> > I have the user and group directives set correctly in httpd.conf (an >> > Administrative user - the same as i had them in apache 1.3). I have >> > also tried setting: >> > >> > RewriteLog "/Library/Apache2/logs/ >> > rewrite.log" >> > RewriteLogLevel 0 >> >> Did you check the permissions on /all/ directories in that path? >> >> -- >> Ron Savage >> ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://savage.net.au/index.html >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> -- -WhoAmI- Email: whoami@xxxxxxxxxxxxx WebSite: http://www.autistici.org/whoami/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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