Getting Apache to run at startup

[MikeT]

Suse 7.1 Prof

How do I get Apache to start everytime I boot into Linux?

 

[d3funct]

As root, type "setup" you will get a menu list, in the list is a heading system services highlight it and hit the "run tool" button to get a list of services the system will start at boot time, in the list is a heading for apache {i]httpd[/i] mark the checkbox and hit ok and then quit. The next time you reboot, apache will start. d3funct
zimmer.jon@cfwy.com
The software required `Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux.

 

[MikeT]

It doesn't recognize the setup command...
I tried putting
START_HTTPD="yes"
in my rc.config, but then i got 'permission denied' bs during startup.

What else can I do?

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Other than directly editing rc.config, you can use yast - go to 'system administration' then the 'change configuration file' option.

I've never installed apache on suse but, normally, it runs as a non-root user. Presumably when the suse init process runs it invokes apache under a non-root user and maybe there is some kind of permissions issue. Did you install a Suse provided rpm ?

Try '/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start' to see if you can start it manually .

Regards

 

[MikeT]

It wasn't a Suse supplied rpm, it was a tarball fresh off the apache web site. It starts manually fine. What I ended up doing was adding an entry to local.boot (or was it boot.local?), and it starts up fine now.
Thanks for posting!