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Date: 26 Sep 2000 19:38:31 -0000
From: Michael Ruxton <ruxtonm@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
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Subject: system crash - httpd does not start on boot
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>Number:         6588
>Category:       os-solaris
>Synopsis:       system crash - httpd does not start on boot
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 26 12:40:06 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ruxtonm@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
>Release:        1.3.12
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
SunOS 5.5.1 Generic_103640-28 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-10
>Description:
My system crashed.
On reboot, httpd does not restart, because it checks for httpd.pid in bin/logs/.
This exists, because httpd was not shut down properly, so the system thinks
httpd is already running.
>How-To-Repeat:
Kill httpd, and if httpd.pid doesn't exist, make one up. To be thorough, enter a PID which is currently in use, and can be killed without consequence.
Reboot, or run apachectl with an appropriate commandline parameter.
>Fix:
It should be safe to delete this file on boot.
So enter the following line in apachectl at the appropriate place:
if [ -f $PIDFILE ] rm $PIDFILE
the appropriate place being at least the vicinity of "case start)"
and possibly "restart)" and graceful)"
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