Can't turn on web sharing

Thank you, I cant believe I was on the phone with support for 48 min and they had no idea. Thank you so very much!!!

Hi

None of the suggestions worked for me 😟

However I managed to start Apache like this:

In a terminal: sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl start

I then went back to the System setting - Still not able to turn on web sharing

Ok, the solution i posted doesnt work because the problem came back for me???

Hi

Since I did the sudo.... trick it has been working for me, i use the installed httpd.conf in /private/etc/apache2, and I have even turned on php5 and the debugger 🙂

For the record, swapping out my httpd.conf files didn't do the trick for me, but changing my computer name actually does start Apache although it doesn't show it in the UI (ie Lion bug as far as I can tell).

scirocco823 wrote:

I am having the same problem.

I have tried replacing the file /opt/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf with /opt/local/apache2/conf/original/httpd.conf but web server still won't start. Is this the correct file? I also check the permissions of httpd.conf and set ownership to system.

Any suggestions?

I thought that the apache2 folder was in /private/etc/apache2, not in opt/local/apache2?

Steen Rabol wrote:

Hi

None of the suggestions worked for me 😟

However I managed to start Apache like this:

In a terminal: sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl start

I then went back to the System setting - Still not able to turn on web sharing

When I try to do this in Terminal, it tells me that Apache is already loaded and won't start.

So, I killed it and restarted the service in terminal

if you try to do sudo /usr.sbin/apachectl status it will give you a URL you can paste in Safari to test it - mine can't find the page.

I'm strongly considering going with LIGHTTPD and ditching Apache. Well done Apple! Another screw up well done!

I believe the root cause of the problem is because the configuration for the launch daemon is disabled out of the box.

Edit

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

  <key>Disabled</key>   <true/>

It's not enough to just change it to "false", apparently. I struggled with this for a while before I figured out that you need to remove this key completely to enable the daemon.

Fixed it. None of the above suggestions worked for me either. I found an old <user>.conf file in the /etc/apache2/users/ directory and got rid of it. Web Sharing turned on fine after this.

This solution worked for me too. I changed the name fo the computer, then changed it back. Now Web Sharing starts.

Check the logs. Then fix the problem.

For me it was an error in the DocumentRoot - the Apple System Log told me the answer.

That's it!

When I checked the log file, I foun в the cause - I made a syntax error and it was obviously shown in the log.

Thanks for advice!

I have been dealing with this issue FOREVER!!!!

if you pull up the "Console Utility" (you can do this by using spotlight search) it will display a time, a source, and a comment about the error.

You want to locate the sources beginning in org.apache.SOMETHING

where SOMETHING is normally httpd. These lines should give you some feedback as to what the real problem is.

My fix:

I noticed there was a conflict with the phpMyAdmin.conf file. I moved that to the trash after making a back up copy, just in case. WHAM! Works.

try and post more about your computer is saying is wrong. I'll try and help.

Using the original httpd.conf file worked for me.

Thank you, GrantJacket!

I went to the Console and reviewed the errors. In my case it was looking for a file called +entropy-php.conf which was from the php package I had originally used on my machine for php mysql development.

I went back to the Marc Liyanage PHP Apache Module download page only to discover that the Marc Liyanage package is out-dated, but they provided a link to this page: http://blog.liip.ch/archive/2011/04/13/php-5-3-for-os-x-10-6-one-line-installer. html

After reading through it, I was directed to the package installer here: http://php-osx.liip.ch/

I followed the instructions to install the package using terminal (i chose to install php 5.4 - you do need a 64bit capable system).

It took a few minutes to install and it will ask for your password. When it was complete, I went back to preferences and turned on my web sharing with no issues! hope this will help someone else.