Problem with httpd

[mike]

On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 21:18, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
> mike wrote:
> 
> >With test2 (fresh clean install) httpd fails to start with the following
> >Stopping httpd:                                            [FAILED]
> >Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 272 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
> >DocumentRoot must be a directory
> >
> >this is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
> ># 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 "/home/www/html/"
> >  
> >
> 
> this at least here with a fresh clean install and afair at least since 
> rhl 6.x and probably longer
> 
> DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
> 
> >This is ls -l /home/www
> >drwxrwxr-x   3 mike apache 4096 Apr  2  2004 cgi-bin
> >drwxrwxr-x   3 mike apache 4096 Sep 23  2003 error
> >drwxrwxr-x  11 mike apache 4096 Apr  2  2004 html
> >drwxrwxr-x   3 mike apache 4096 Feb 11 17:54 icons
> >drwxrwxr-x  13 mike apache 4096 Sep 23  2003 manual
> >  
> >
> 
> this is at least here with a clean fresh install and after update
> /var/www/*
> uid = root
> gid = root
> 0755
> 

duh - I use /home/www and this worked with a previous install of test2

> >so anyone any ideas
> >
> 
> $ rpm -qi httpd
> 
> this is really a fc2t2 package ?
>     thanks for wasting my time  ;-)
> 
ditto
Can you read - fresh install
> update your package eg.
> # up2date-nox --nosig -u *http*
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> shrek-m
>