[lug] Apache httpd problem

[Warren Sanders]

Justin-lists wrote:
> This just started happening for really no apparent reason the last couple
> days. What has been done to the box recently was:
> Redhat update (up2date) to update kernel to 2.4.18-27.8.0.
> Redhat update that upgraded the glibc.
> 
> Whenever I try to access any of my websites that are hosted by my webserver I
> get the following in my log:
> [Sat Mar 22 18:52:35 2003] [crit] [client 12.235.229.12]
> /home/httpd/html/images/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess
> file, ensure it is readable
> 
> I get this error for *every* directory that contains web files whenever a
> browswer trys to access anything in that directory. My Apache server has been
> unchanged for months and not a thing has changed. I now get "Access Denied"
> for all my sites. If I touch the .htaccess log it is complaining for the site
> will soft of work. But then I get the error for directories below the httpd
> root directory.I have no idea why every directory is being checked to have a
> .htaccess, it shouldn't be doing that. In the back of my mind I keep thinking
> of that kernel level httpd daemon and whether it could be interfering somehow
> since my latest kernel update? Any ideas why in the world my server is
> behaving this way? Please help, tia.
> 

Just curious... have you rebooted with the new kernel?  I do know you 
need to restart some services due to the new glibc updates.  Don't know 
if this could cause this behavior, but I restarted after the updates 
knowing to do so before hand.

If you don't want to reboot for the kernel update, you could just 'init 
1' then 'init 3 or 5' back in without loosing uptime to restart all 
services.

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Warren Sanders
http://MontanaLinux.org