Here is what I have tried so far:
edit: /etc/sysconfig/httpd
PIDFILE=/var/run/httpd.pid
edit: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
PidFile /var/run/httpd.pid
then
killall -9 httpd
result:
httpd: no process killed
then:
sudo rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd
sudo service httpd restart
result:
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
then:
sudo service httpd status
result:
httpd dead but subsys locked
Still no LUCK, did I miss a fix on this issue? please help
NOTE: its not generating a httpd.pid on /var/run when I start the httpd
Apache Error Log
[Tue Dec 10 06:27:42 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 06:27:42 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 10 06:31:27 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 06:31:27 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 10 06:45:21 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 06:45:21 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 10 06:52:47 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 06:52:47 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 10 06:55:46 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 06:55:46 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 10 07:06:21 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 07:06:21 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 10 07:13:35 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 07:13:35 2013] [notice] Digest: done
[Tue Dec 10 07:20:44 2013] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Tue Dec 10 07:20:44 2013] [notice] Digest: done
ADDITIONAL INFO
ps auxwww
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.2 19316 1512 ? Ss 06:44 0:00 /sbin/init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [migration/0]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [watchdog/0]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [events/0]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [cpuset]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [khelper]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [netns]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [async/mgr]
root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [xenwatch]
root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [xenbus]
root 72 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [sync_supers]
root 74 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [bdi-default]
root 75 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
root 77 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [kblockd/0]
root 84 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [kseriod]
root 193 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [khungtaskd]
root 194 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [kswapd0]
root 195 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:44 0:00 [ksmd]
root 248 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [aio/0]
root 251 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [crypto/0]
root 263 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [khvcd]
root 343 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [kstriped]
root 533 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [jbd2/xvda1-8]
root 534 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
root 557 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [flush-202:1]
root 564 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:44 0:00 [khubd]
root 614 0.0 0.1 10772 716 ? S<s 06:44 0:00 /sbin/udevd -d
root 834 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:45 0:00 [kauditd]
root 985 0.0 0.0 9220 588 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -1 -q -lf /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-eth0.leases -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid eth0
root 1022 0.0 0.2 248984 1272 ? Sl 06:45 0:00 /sbin/rsyslogd -c 4
root 1072 0.0 0.1 64396 1096 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
ntp 1079 0.0 0.2 30424 1656 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g
root 1094 0.0 0.3 86952 2356 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections
smmsp 1102 0.0 0.3 78428 2068 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
mongod 1115 0.4 2.2 627080 13872 ? Sl 06:45 0:35 /usr/bin/mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf
root 1123 0.0 0.2 117288 1228 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 crond
root 1134 0.0 0.0 23724 396 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
zend 1191 0.0 0.1 23956 1084 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/bin/watchdog -c /usr/local/zend/etc/watchdog-monitor.ini -u 221 -g 498 -s monitor
zend 1193 0.0 0.5 350012 3616 ? Ssl 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/bin/MonitorNode /usr/local/zend/etc/monitor_node.ini /usr/local/zend/etc/conf.d -e
zend 1266 0.0 0.1 23956 1092 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/bin/watchdog -c /usr/local/zend/etc/watchdog-sc.ini -u 221 -g 498 -s scd
zend 1268 0.0 0.5 656968 3316 ? Ssl 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/bin/scd -p /usr/local/zend/etc/scd.ini -e
zend 1325 0.0 0.1 23956 1088 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/bin/watchdog -c /usr/local/zend/etc/watchdog-deployment.ini -u 221 -g 498 -s zdd
zend 1327 0.1 0.6 203324 3748 ? Ssl 06:45 0:09 /usr/local/zend/bin/zdd /usr/local/zend/etc/zdd.ini -e
zend 1374 0.0 0.1 23956 1088 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/bin/watchdog -c /usr/local/zend/etc/watchdog-jq.ini -u 221 -g 498 -s jqd
zend 1376 0.0 0.6 137456 4140 ? Ss 06:45 0:01 /usr/local/zend/bin/jqd -f /usr/local/zend/etc/jqd.ini -e
root 1420 0.0 0.1 23956 1088 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/bin/watchdog -c /usr/local/zend/etc/watchdog-lighttpd.ini -u zend -g zend -s lighttpd
zend 1422 0.0 0.3 26840 1880 ? Ss 06:45 0:00 /usr/local/zend/gui/lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd -m /usr/local/zend/gui/lighttpd/lib -f /usr/local/zend/gui/lighttpd/etc/lighttpd.conf -D
root 1446 0.0 0.0 4164 576 tty1 Ss+ 06:45 0:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty1
root 1448 0.0 0.0 4164 576 tty2 Ss+ 06:45 0:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty2
root 1450 0.0 0.0 4164 576 tty3 Ss+ 06:45 0:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty3
root 1452 0.0 0.0 4164 576 tty4 Ss+ 06:45 0:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty4
root 1455 0.0 0.0 4164 572 tty5 Ss+ 06:45 0:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty5
root 1459 0.0 0.1 10768 688 ? S< 06:45 0:00 /sbin/udevd -d
root 1460 0.0 0.1 10768 688 ? S< 06:45 0:00 /sbin/udevd -d
root 1461 0.0 0.1 4176 624 hvc0 Ss+ 06:45 0:00 /sbin/agetty /dev/hvc0 38400 vt100-nav
root 1462 0.0 0.0 4164 572 tty6 Ss+ 06:45 0:00 /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty6
root 1472 0.0 2.2 337484 13888 ? SN 06:45 0:00 /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/sbin/yum-updatesd
root 1474 0.0 0.1 9336 1204 ? SN 06:45 0:00 /usr/libexec/gam_server
root 1483 0.0 0.6 100236 3908 ? Ss 06:47 0:00 sshd: ec2-user [priv]
ec2-user 1486 0.0 0.2 100236 1744 ? S 06:47 0:00 sshd: ec2-user@pts/0
ec2-user 1487 0.0 0.4 109456 3012 pts/0 Ss 06:47 0:00 -bash
ec2-user 1963 0.0 0.1 108112 1132 pts/0 R+ 08:58 0:00 ps auxwww
sudo find /etc/httpd /etc/zce.rc -type f -exec grep -i errorlog {} /dev/null \;
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:ErrorLog logs/error_log
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:# ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.rpmnew:# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.rpmnew:# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.rpmnew:ErrorLog logs/error_log
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.rpmnew:# ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
/etc/httpd/conf.d/zendserver_gui.conf: ErrorLog /usr/local/zend/var/log/gui_vhost_error.log
/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:ErrorLog logs/ssl_error_log
Best Answer
Had the same error on my server:
Found, that the directory /var/run/httpd was NOT readable/executable by world:
Therefore any user (beside root) could not examine the pidfile (which did exist)! The httpd-Process was already running fine, but the service command could not read the pidfile ...
did fix the issue: