httpd dead but subsys locked

[axman505]

I am getting this error on httpd. I tried deleteing the lock file, but then when i start httpd back up i get this


[root@Bravo init.d]# ./httpd start
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[root@Bravo init.d]# ./httpd status
httpd (pid 1779) is running...
[root@Bravo init.d]# ./httpd status
httpd (pid 1779) is running...
[root@Bravo init.d]# ./httpd status
httpd dead but subsys locked
[root@Bravo init.d]#

What causes this?

 

[axman505]

if i just run httpd -X it works

 

[ifincham]

Hi,



Ordinarily, the start-up script would create the lock file ('touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd') at the same time as starting the server and would 'rm' it when stopping. It looks like you are using the sysv init script (/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd) so I can't immediately see why removing a lock file would cause any ongoing problem.



There have been a few reports of this error that seem to be related to mod_perl. If you are not using mod_perl you could try and see if these lines are active and, if so, comment them out in your httpd.conf :



LoadModule perl_module modules/libperl.so

AddModule mod_perl.c



Otherwise, has anything else changed recently ?



Regards

 

[axman505]

just recompilied the kernel .. but nothing else has changed

 

[axman505]

I removed the listen 80 from the ssl section of the httpd.conf and now it works great. Thanks again!