[hobbit] Hobbit install failure? Can't get Hobbit Started

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Wed Sep 17 06:13:18 CEST 2008


This may be a bit excessive and brute force...but...

updatedb && grep -i user `locate httpd.conf`

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Rich Smrcina <rsmrcina at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> Ok, check to see what user Apache is running as.  Issue the command:
>
> ps -ef | grep http
>
> You should see something like this:
>
> wwwrun   17153  1097  0 Sep14 ?        00:00:06 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f
> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
>
> The first column (wwwrun in my case) is the user that the web server is
> running under.  Then enter:
>
> groups wwwrun
>
> But substitute your first column for wwwrun, you will get something like
> this:
>
> wwwrun : www
>
> www is the group name that the web server is running under.  That should be
> the response to the question 'What group is your web server running under?'
> (or how ever it's phrased).
>
> TAnthony at cretecarrier.com wrote:
>
>> I just gave it the defaults.  "Stupid User trick" right?  I'm not that
>> familiar with Linux or Apache and just took all the defaults.
>>
>> I did see that error which is what prompted this help email.
>>
>> T.C.
>>
>>
>> Thomas C. Anthony II (T.C.)
>> Communications/Network Engineer
>> Phone = 402-479-7006
>> Fax = 402-479-7016
>>
>>
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