[TriLUG] What have I done ( httpd ) ?

[Jeremy P]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Kevin Hunter wrote:

> >Unless something is seriously wrong with your httpd binary, it
> should
> >always put something in error_log when you try to start it (unless
> >error_log is unwriteable or something).  Are you sure that you're
> reading
> >the log correctly?  Run "tail -f error_log" in one window, and
> "service
> >httpd start" in another, and see what happens.  Also check
> >/var/log/boot.log which gets output of the "service" command (sort
> of).
> 
> All I see is :
> [Mon Nov 26 16:23:21 2001] [error] (2)No such file or directory:
> could not 
> open mime types log file /etc/mime.types.

Well apparently /etc/mime.types got clobbered somehow.  On my system,
/etc/mime.types is owned by the "mailcap" package; reinstall mailcap and
see what happens.  (Also check the permissions.)

Every error message is important...I'll bet this is the root of your
problem.

--Jeremy