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[D. Stimits]

Greg Horne wrote:
> 
> I had everything running smoothly with apache and this program called AW
> stats.  I went to add a custom log so that AW stats could read the log file
> generated by a website.  I typed "Custom Log" instead of "CustomLog"  It
> told me that when I restarted apache, so apache did not restart.  It shut
> down.  I fixed it, and tried to start apache again but it wouldn't.  It gave
> me this error:  Subsystem dead but locked.  I went to the directory
> /var/lock/subsys and deleted the httpd file in there like many sites told me
> to, but it didn't work.  I can't get apache up and running.  I am really in
> a hurry to get this working because this is a hosted site.  Does anybody
> have any clues, or solutions.  I will be so happy if I can get this finished
> and eat.
> 
> Greg Horne

By what means are you restarting? Such as, is this Redhat 7.1, and being
restarted with /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd? Under "ps fxa", what items are
related to apache/httpd? (the "f" makes ps show as a tree of
parent-to-child)

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com