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List:       analog-help
Subject:    Re: [analog-help] CustomLog Directive Problems: httpd fails to start
From:       Ron Wagner <wagnerr () snet ! net>
Date:       2004-05-14 2:18:01
Message-ID: ECCF4FCF-A54C-11D8-854A-0003930AA1F0 () snet ! net
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Yes I am a Mac apache user on both Mac OS X Panther and Mac OS X  
Panther Server. This is pretty much off topic so let's take this off  
list.

On May 13, 2004, at 9:52 PM, Bill Kent wrote:

> Ron,
>
> Thanks for your help on this.  I modified the directory path based on  
> your
> input:
> CustomLog "~/Library/Logs/apachelogs/access_log" common
>
> I guess I need to understand more about relative paths.  When I open my
> terminal window and type "cd ~", that is my home directory,  correct?   
> If I
> do an ls command, the Library folder is present, change directory to  
> it and
> the apachelogs folder is present.  I have modified the permissions for  
> www
> for all these directories to "Read and Write".  I still get the same  
> error
> message when running the apachec tl or sudo httpd command.  You know of
> another good directory to place the log file in so Analog can read it?
> Also, are you a MAC apache user?
>
> Thanks,
>
> BK
>
>> From: Ron Wagner <wagnerr@snet.net>
>> Reply-To: analog-help@lists.isite.net
>> Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 20:06:30 -0400
>> To: analog-help@lists.isite.net
>> Subject: Re: [analog-help] CustomLog Directive Problems: httpd fails  
>> to start
>>
>>
>> On May 13, 2004, at 6:29 PM, Bill Kent wrote:
>>
>>> This is getting very frustrating.  I am trying to change the location
>>> for the write of my access_log file through the CustomLog Directive.
>>>  In the apache install for the mac, it is currently located in
>>>
>>>  /private/var/log/httpd/access_log
>>>
>>>  I have created a new folder in my home directory at the following
>>> location
>>>
>>>  /Library/Logs/apachelogs
>>
>> Bill, /Library/Logs/apachelogs is not in your home directory.
>> ~/Library/Logs/apachelogs would be.
>>
>> Make sure your /Library/Logs/apachelogs directory is indeed in  
>> /Library
>> and not the Library in your home directory. It should be owned and
>> writable by root.
>>
>> If it still won't start try to start it with sudo /usr/sbin/httpd on
>> the command line and see if it returns any errors in Terminal.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  I have modified the CustomLog Directive to reflect that
>>>
>>>  CustomLog “/Library/Logs/apachelogs/access_log” Common
>>>
>>>  , when I stop and start apache through the apachectl command, httpd
>>> fails to start.  I receive the following:
>>>
>>>  sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl start
>>>  Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users/*.conf
>>>   Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/bgkent.conf
>>>   Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/billkent.conf
>>>   Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/lauren.conf
>>>  /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
>>>
>>>  The only sense I can make of this is the labels in front of .conf  
>>> are
>>> all the user profiles set up on my computer.  Do I need to make this  
>>> a
>>> relative path starting from the Macintosh hard drive?  Any advice
>>> would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>  Thanks,
>>>
>>>  Bill Kent
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> Ron Wagner
>> Wagner Technologies LLC
>> 10 Old Farm Road
>> Tolland CT 06084-3918
>> 860-871-1874
>> ron@wagnertechnologies.com
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Ron Wagner
Wagner Technologies LLC
10 Old Farm Road
Tolland CT 06084-3918
860-871-1874
ron@wagnertechnologies.com
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