[ILUG] Can't telnet localhost 80

[Brendan Halpin]

"John P. Looney" <john at antefacto.com> writes:

>  Apache runs in "StandAlone" mode usually. Check your
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf for a "ServerType standalone" option.

Yes, that's there

> 
>  Run "netstat -nat" and look for things listening on port 80. That'll tell
> you if apache is running. "ps auxww|grep httpd" should doa  good job at
> that too.

I'll try netstat, but ps shows it's there.

> 
>  If it's not running, it could be that it's not enabled at boot. Run
> "chkconfig --list httpd" And it'll tell you want runlevels it's enabled
> at. Check the manpage to chkconfig to find out how to enable Apache.

That's a useful command I didn't know about.

> 
>  If it's enabled, but not running, try start it manually.
> "/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start" should start it. You may not need the rc.d/
> bit, depending on the OS you are using.

With the upgraded Apache install, I let it go to their default
locations, so it was "/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start" to do
the manual start. 

> 
>  Then, check /var/log/httpd/error_log for errors...

That was dry except when I changed "ServerType StandAlone" to
"ServerType inetd", when it was full of complaints about not being
able to write to (? open a socket on? it's the home machine, so
this is from memory) port 127.


Maybe the problem has to do with the loopback device? All I want
here is to test PHP scripts locally, so it will only ever get
called from localhost.

Brendan

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