> -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Orme [mailto:torme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:43 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Apache fails to start as service > > Hello, > > I'm running Apache 2.2.10 on Windows 2003 EE. I have a directory aliased to a > mapped network drive. I have setup a user which has permissions to access these > drives, and have specified that the > apache service should be run as that user (By changing the services "Log on" account). > However, when I try and start this service, it fails. From the services MMC I receive an > error message saying > that Windows couldn't start the service due to an error code 1. When I try and start > the service via the command line (httpd -k start) it fails silently. Whats strange is that > if I simply run the > command (httpd) Apache starts fine. > > > Thanks, > Tim Tim, I have had this problem for many versions of Apache (since 2.0) and it has yet to be resolved. I have found that Apache will run in a Command Window, but not as a service. Don't know why, have asked many Apache gurus here and "in the cloud" with no resolution. If you find a solution please pass it on. Dewey Williams UNC Charlotte --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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