Find the PID file and remove it. Look in /var/run/ -----Original Message----- From: Nitin [mailto:nitinmehta@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:13 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: httpd dead but subsys locked No output from "ps -axc | grep httpd". "service httpd restart" >>>> httpd dead but subsys locked Thanks again for ur help and time ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:10 PM Subject: Re: httpd dead but subsys locked > From: "Nitin" <nitinmehta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks for your time, but I already did it.... > > Any other suggestions? > > Hm...okay, so you say that the server's up and running. What do you get > when you do a "ps -axc | grep httpd"? > > Also, what exactly is the error message you get when you do a "service httpd > restart"? > > Ben > > > > > > Nitin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 6:02 PM > > Subject: Re: httpd dead but subsys locked > > > > > > > From: "Nitin" <nitinmehta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >I'm facing this new problem. > > > >Everything was working OK, suddenly, https got killed and now, > > > >when I start it, it displays OK. But nothing actually happens, no > > > >processes started. When I check the status, it displays "httpd > > > >dead but subsys locked." and surprisingly all websites (hosted > > > >on that server) are working fine. > > > > > > > >I cann't take chances to reboot the server. > > > >I've checked, there are no pid files and mesage file doesn't display > > > >any errors either.... where or what else should I check? > > > > > > > >Please help me as soon as possible > > > > > > Nitin, > > > > > > A quick check of /etc/init.d/httpd shows the following code snippet: > > > > > > start() { > > > echo -n $"Starting $prog: " > > > check13 || exit 1 > > > daemon $httpd $OPTIONS > > > RETVAL=$? > > > echo > > > [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd > > > return $RETVAL > > > } > > > > > > Now, you see the part that says "touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd" ? When > > > Apache runs, it spawns a bunch of processes with their own pid's, so the > > > script keeps track of whether or not it's running by creating that file > > > (/var/lock/subsys/httpd) when it runs. Then when it stops, it deletes > it. > > > > > > Check to see if that file exists. If it does, then delete it and try > > > running "service httpd restart" again, and see if it comes up. > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
