httpd dead but subsys locked
Jason Staudenmayer
jasons at NJAQUARIUM.ORG
Fri May 14 15:20:53 UTC 2004
Find the PID file and remove it. Look in /var/run/
-----Original Message-----
From: Nitin [mailto:nitinmehta at kappa.net.in]
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:13 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: httpd dead but subsys locked
No output from "ps -axc | grep httpd".
"service httpd restart" >>>> httpd dead but subsys locked
Thanks again for ur help and time
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin at weiss.name>
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: httpd dead but subsys locked
> From: "Nitin" <nitinmehta at kappa.net.in>
> > Thanks for your time, but I already did it....
> > Any other suggestions?
>
> Hm...okay, so you say that the server's up and running. What do you get
> when you do a "ps -axc | grep httpd"?
>
> Also, what exactly is the error message you get when you do a "service
httpd
> restart"?
>
> Ben
>
>
> >
> > Nitin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin at weiss.name>
> > To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 6:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: httpd dead but subsys locked
> >
> >
> > > From: "Nitin" <nitinmehta at kappa.net.in>
> > > >I'm facing this new problem.
> > > >Everything was working OK, suddenly, https got killed and now,
> > > >when I start it, it displays OK. But nothing actually happens, no
> > > >processes started. When I check the status, it displays "httpd
> > > >dead but subsys locked." and surprisingly all websites (hosted
> > > >on that server) are working fine.
> > > >
> > > >I cann't take chances to reboot the server.
> > > >I've checked, there are no pid files and mesage file doesn't display
> > > >any errors either.... where or what else should I check?
> > > >
> > > >Please help me as soon as possible
> > >
> > > Nitin,
> > >
> > > A quick check of /etc/init.d/httpd shows the following code snippet:
> > >
> > > start() {
> > > echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
> > > check13 || exit 1
> > > daemon $httpd $OPTIONS
> > > RETVAL=$?
> > > echo
> > > [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd
> > > return $RETVAL
> > > }
> > >
> > > Now, you see the part that says "touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd" ? When
> > > Apache runs, it spawns a bunch of processes with their own pid's, so
the
> > > script keeps track of whether or not it's running by creating that
file
> > > (/var/lock/subsys/httpd) when it runs. Then when it stops, it deletes
> it.
> > >
> > > Check to see if that file exists. If it does, then delete it and try
> > > running "service httpd restart" again, and see if it comes up.
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
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