Odd Apache Problem - CentOS 5.5

[pbaker]

i have installed CentOS along with ISPConfig. For some reason apache will not run it says there are no listening sockets avaliable. I have done a netstat and also tried nmap to see if any other service was using port 80 but it doesnt show anything. I also tried changing the port number to something like 81 still no go.

On bootup of CentOS it shows the error and a message saying unable to open logs.

i dont know what else to try. Any idea.

[meton_magis]

are you running the start command as root?

only root can bind to ports < 1024 (i think it's 1024) because they are reserved ports. If you want it to be startable by anyone else, you have to make the port 1025 or higher. If you want it to run AS someone else, modify the httpd.conf file to do so (i forget the exact entry, but it's in the httpd.conf).


That's just a guess, you'll have to post the exact error message for a better answer.