httpd and dovecot service start fails

[Rick Stevens]

On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 03:26 -0500, mylar wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 12:54, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> > 
> > <yawn!>  Hi, guys.
> > 
> > Hmmm...looking at the thread, you've tried a lot of things.  First off,
> > check /etc/sysconfig/httpd to see if there are any oddities in the
> > configuration.
> > 
> > Also note that /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd does NOT use apachectl to start.
> 
> Is the fact that it doesn't use "apachectl" to start true of all the
> apache configs that come bundled with Fedora ? 
> 
> Reason being is that I never use the apache that comes with the distro.
> I generally like to compile, build and install and configure Apache from
> scratch. I call it "scratchy Apache".  When I create  the startup scrips
> I  set them to use apachectl. Is that okay or does the distro do it a
> better  way ??

apachectl is the "official" Apache.org method.  The init.d script works
fine also.  It's your choice.  I tend to use apachectl myself.

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