Apache just stopped working!

Ziycon

I was setting up the mod_rewrite and then it all stopped working, i changed everything back to the original settings but when i try to start appache i get this:

Syntax error on line 159 of C:/Apache/conf/httpd.conf:
<Directory> directive requires additional arguments
Note the errors or messages above, and press the <ESC> key to exit. 27...

Can't figure it out, i've checked line 159 and this is whats there(Those numbers aren't in the file there just to show line numbers here):

159<Directory>
160 Options FollowSymLinks
161 AllowOverride None
162 Order deny,allow
167 Deny from all
168 Satisfy all
169</Directory>

DonkeyStyle \o/

Seems like it's moaning about not having any parameters within <directory>
Like looking at other instances of it in httpd.conf, you'll usually see <directory "c:\blah\weh" /> and then the rest of the stuff.

Ziycon

Thats what i thought but i aint got a clue what to put into the brackets, i tried _default_:80 but it waint work either! Any ideas????

mneylon

Ziycon

If you post more of your httpd.conf on pastebin (or similar) it might help to work out what the issue is.

From the sound of things you're stil referencing mod_rewrite somewhere in it.

Try this:

grep rewrite httpd.conf

Replace httpd.conf with the filename of your apache config file(s) depending on your setup.

Michele

Ziycon

Heres a link to the httpd.conf file im using: http://pastebin.ca/321350

phil

Uh mod_rewrite? (edit: ahh just realised the OP specified that in his first post)

As the original replier said <Directory> needs an argument.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#directory

Either remove the <Directory> block or maybe change the first line to read:

<Directory "C:/Apache">

Phil.

Ziycon

This the error i got when i put "C:/Apache" into the <Directory> tag:

(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port)
is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
Note the errors or messages above, and press the <ESC> key to exit. 27...

daymobrew

In my httpd.conf (on XP), I have a '/' in the section corresponding to your line 159:

# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of 
# permissions.  
#
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>

The next 'Directory' section deals with the DocumentRoot directory, just like yours.

Ziycon

I got this error when i put the '/' into the directory tag!

(OS 10048)Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port)
is normally permitted. : make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
Note the errors or messages above, and press the <ESC> key to exit. 22...

Ziycon

Sorted it out, i was caused by the port that Apache was listening on! There seems to be another program, most likely IIS listening on port 80 so i changed the port to 90 so its 'Listen 90' no and apache has started up fine! Thanks for the help!

phil

/ is a UNIX path corresponding to the root directory.

APR (Apache's portability library) may translate that to the right path (most probably 'C:\') on Windows, but it's best to explicitly include it. i.e. change / to "C:\"

The reason another error was shown is because you corrected the one before.

Have a look at TCPView for matching up open ports to processes. Although if you have IIS installed and running that's the most likely candidate.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Networking/TcpView.mspx