httpd dead but subsys locked

[Nitin]

perhaps you didn't read the initial mail. I've checked, there are no PID
files in '/var/run'

Thanks anyway for your time and concern

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Staudenmayer" <jasons at NJAQUARIUM.ORG>
To: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:50 PM
Subject: RE: httpd dead but subsys locked


> 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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