Need help with Apache (web sharing) problems in 10.6

Hi Mark,

Thanks for this (don't know why I didn't think to give it a go myself). I'll try this when I get home today and post to let you know how it goes.

thanks again
Maurice

Hi Mark,

I've reverted back to the default Apple build of PHP5.3.0. I am getting the following error when I run apachectl --help

(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down


But I'm able to access PHP on 127.0.0.1/ and that (for now) is all that matters.

Thanks so much for your help (and sorry about the delay in response),
regards
Maurice

Hi,

I just tried using the System Preferences WebSharing to start and stop Apache and got the same error with apachectl --help.

here is my httpd.conf file. Thanks a million for having a look at this.

It only seems to be listening for Port 80 in one spot.



#
# This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file. It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2> for detailed information.
# In particular, see
# <URL:<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/directives.html>
# for a discussion of each configuration directive.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do. They're here only as hints or reminders. If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path. If the filenames do not begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "/private/var/log/apache2/foo_log"
# with ServerRoot set to "/usr" will be interpreted by the
# server as "/usr//private/var/log/apache2/foo_log".

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path. If you point
# ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile directive
# at a local disk. If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for multiple
# httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
#
ServerRoot "/usr"

#
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, instead of the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#
# Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses.
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 80

#
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available before they are used.
# Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
# to be loaded here.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
#
LoadModule authn filemodule libexec/apache2/mod authnfile.so
LoadModule authn dbmmodule libexec/apache2/mod authndbm.so
LoadModule authn anonmodule libexec/apache2/mod authnanon.so
LoadModule authn dbdmodule libexec/apache2/mod authndbd.so
LoadModule authn defaultmodule libexec/apache2/mod authndefault.so
LoadModule authz hostmodule libexec/apache2/mod authzhost.so
LoadModule authz groupfilemodule libexec/apache2/mod authzgroupfile.so
LoadModule authz usermodule libexec/apache2/mod authzuser.so
LoadModule authz dbmmodule libexec/apache2/mod authzdbm.so
LoadModule authz ownermodule libexec/apache2/mod authzowner.so
LoadModule authz defaultmodule libexec/apache2/mod authzdefault.so
LoadModule auth basicmodule libexec/apache2/mod authbasic.so
LoadModule auth digestmodule libexec/apache2/mod authdigest.so
LoadModule cache_module libexec/apache2/mod_cache.so
LoadModule disk cachemodule libexec/apache2/mod diskcache.so
LoadModule mem cachemodule libexec/apache2/mod memcache.so
LoadModule dbd_module libexec/apache2/mod_dbd.so
LoadModule dumpio_module libexec/apache2/mod_dumpio.so
LoadModule ext filtermodule libexec/apache2/mod extfilter.so
LoadModule include_module libexec/apache2/mod_include.so
LoadModule filter_module libexec/apache2/mod_filter.so
LoadModule substitute_module libexec/apache2/mod_substitute.so
LoadModule deflate_module libexec/apache2/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule log configmodule libexec/apache2/mod logconfig.so
LoadModule log forensicmodule libexec/apache2/mod logforensic.so
LoadModule logio_module libexec/apache2/mod_logio.so
LoadModule env_module libexec/apache2/mod_env.so
LoadModule mime magicmodule libexec/apache2/mod mimemagic.so
LoadModule cern metamodule libexec/apache2/mod cernmeta.so
LoadModule expires_module libexec/apache2/mod_expires.so
LoadModule headers_module libexec/apache2/mod_headers.so
LoadModule ident_module libexec/apache2/mod_ident.so
LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/apache2/mod_usertrack.so
#LoadModule unique idmodule libexec/apache2/mod uniqueid.so
LoadModule setenvif_module libexec/apache2/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule version_module libexec/apache2/mod_version.so
LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy connectmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyconnect.so
LoadModule proxy ftpmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyftp.so
LoadModule proxy httpmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyhttp.so
LoadModule proxy ajpmodule libexec/apache2/mod proxyajp.so
LoadModule proxy balancermodule libexec/apache2/mod proxybalancer.so
LoadModule ssl_module libexec/apache2/mod_ssl.so
LoadModule mime_module libexec/apache2/mod_mime.so
LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache2/mod_dav.so
LoadModule status_module libexec/apache2/mod_status.so
LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/apache2/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule asis_module libexec/apache2/mod_asis.so
LoadModule info_module libexec/apache2/mod_info.so
LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule dav fsmodule libexec/apache2/mod davfs.so
LoadModule vhost aliasmodule libexec/apache2/mod vhostalias.so
LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache2/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache2/mod_dir.so
LoadModule imagemap_module libexec/apache2/mod_imagemap.so
LoadModule actions_module libexec/apache2/mod_actions.so
LoadModule speling_module libexec/apache2/mod_speling.so
LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_alias.so
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule bonjour_module libexec/apache2/mod_bonjour.so
#LoadModule php5_module local/php5/libphp5.so
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
#LoadModule fastcgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_fastcgi.so

<IfModule !mpm netwaremodule>
<IfModule !mpm winntmodule>
#
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
#
# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
# running httpd, as with most system services.
#
User _www
Group _www

</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# 'Main' server configuration
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition. These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#

#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed. This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents. e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
ServerAdmin you@example.com

#
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
#
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
#
#ServerName www.example.com:80

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
#
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>

#
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
#

#
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named explicitly --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride None

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

</Directory>

#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<FilesMatch "^\.([Hh][Tt]|[Dd][Ss]_[Ss])">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</FilesMatch>

#
# Apple specific filesystem protection.
#
<Files "rsrc">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</Files>
<DirectoryMatch ".*\.\.namedfork">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</DirectoryMatch>

#
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you do define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/error_log"

#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn

<IfModule log configmodule>
#
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
#
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

<IfModule logio_module>
# You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
</IfModule>

#
# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
# If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
# container, they will be logged here. Contrariwise, if you do
# define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
# logged therein and not in this file.
#
CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/access_log" common

#
# If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
#
#CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/access_log" combined
</IfModule>

<IfModule alias_module>
#
# Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to
# exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client
# will make a new request for the document at its new location.
# Example:
# Redirect permanent /foo http://www.example.com/bar

#
# Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
# access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
# Example:
# Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
#
# If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. You will also likely
# need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
# the filesystem path.

#
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
# client. The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
# directives as to Alias.
#
ScriptAliasMatch ^/cgi-bin/((?!(?i:webobjects)).*$) "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/$1"

</IfModule>

<IfModule cgid_module>
#
# ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
# socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
#
#Scriptsock /private/var/run/cgisock
</IfModule>

#
# "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain

<IfModule mime_module>
#
# TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
# filename extension to MIME-type.
#
TypesConfig /private/etc/apache2/mime.types

#
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
#
#AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
#
#AddEncoding x-compress .Z
#AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
#
# If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
# probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
#
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
#
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
#
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

# For type maps (negotiated resources):
#AddHandler type-map var

#
# Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
#
# To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
# (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
#
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>

#
# The mod mimemagic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type. The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
#
#MIMEMagicFile /private/etc/apache2/magic

#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
#

#
# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it,
# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver
# files. This usually improves server performance, but must
# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted
# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
# broken on your system.
#
#EnableMMAP off
#EnableSendfile off

# Supplemental configuration
#
# The configuration files in the /private/etc/apache2/extra/ directory can be
# included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of
# the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as
# necessary.

# Server-pool management (MPM specific)
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

# Multi-language error messages
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf

# Fancy directory listings
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf

# Language settings
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-languages.conf

# User home directories
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

# Real-time info on requests and configuration
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-info.conf

# Virtual hosts
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-manual.conf

# Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-dav.conf

# Various default settings
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-default.conf

# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
#
# Note: The following must must be present to support
# starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
# but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
#
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>

#Include /private/etc/apache2/other/*.conf

Message was edited by: Maurice Roach

When I run the apachectl --help with sudo I get:

(48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80

I didn't know that I had to run the command with elevated priviledges, thanks for the help.


M

Mine looks like:

root 1345 1 1345 4955d40 0 Ss ?? 0:00.46 httpd
_www 1349 1345 1345 4955d40 0 S ?? 0:00.09 httpd
_www 1427 1345 1345 4955d40 0 S ?? 0:00.04 httpd
_www 1428 1345 1345 4955d40 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd
_www 1429 1345 1345 4955d40 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd
_www 1430 1345 1345 4955d40 0 S ?? 0:00.01 httpd
root 1489 1 1489 4955110 0 Ss ?? 0:00.22 httpd
_www 1490 1489 1489 4955110 0 S ?? 0:00.02 httpd
_www 2071 1489 1489 4955110 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd




.... which would seem to indicate that I've got apache running somewhere else. Perhaps I've got the Entropy.ch apache 2 running as well (I can't remember installing it but there's a chance I did just to mess around and see how it worked). I'll try to find it and un-install (if I find it) and see what happens.


thanks again for your help.

best
Maurice

Message was edited by: Maurice Roach

So, I killed the process and restarted Apache.

$ sudo kill 1345
password:
$ sudo apachectl restart
$ sudo apachectl --help
[Sat Sep 12 17:50:02 2009] [warn] module php5_module is already loaded, skipping
(48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
$ ps -cAj | grep httpd
root 1489 1 1489 4955110 0 Ss ?? 0:00.24 httpd
_www 1490 1489 1489 4955110 0 S ?? 0:00.02 httpd
_www 2071 1489 1489 4955110 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd
root 2256 1 2256 4955d40 0 Ss ?? 0:00.35 httpd
_www 2257 2256 2256 4955d40 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd
root 2262 1 2262 4954618 0 Ss ?? 0:00.12 httpd
_www 2263 2262 2262 4954618 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd



I then tried to see what would happen if I stopped Apache and then issued the grep:





$ sudo apachectl stop
$ sudo apachectl --help
[Sat Sep 12 17:53:53 2009] [warn] module php5_module is already loaded, skipping
$ sudo apachectl -v
Server version: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix)
Server built: May 18 2009 12:37:03
$ ps -cAj | grep httpd
root 1489 1 1489 4955110 0 Ss ?? 0:00.25 httpd
_www 1490 1489 1489 4955110 0 S ?? 0:00.02 httpd
_www 2071 1489 1489 4955110 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd
root 2262 1 2262 4954618 0 Ss ?? 0:00.13 httpd
_www 2263 2262 2262 4954618 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd
root 2297 1 2297 525aea0 0 Ss ?? 0:00.28 httpd
_www 2298 2297 2297 525aea0 0 S ?? 0:00.00 httpd





So although I've issued the stop Apache is still quite happily running (web sharing is off in the System prefs, so I know that the Apple build of Apache isn't running).

My thinking is that I have another Apache install running and that I'm going to have to find and un-install it.

M