Re: Weird problem with httpd.conf save

You say what first started the problems was when you copied the httpd.conf
file. Because just saving the file wouldn't do anything you must mean you
restarted Apache as well. Therefore the httpd.conf file must had been
altered and the server never restarted until you restarted it after the file
copy.

The altered httpd.conf file was broken and lying in wait to spring it's
erroneous self on you when you restarted Apache.

You say you compared a working httpd.conf file with the one that had the
virtual host re-ordered and that nothing was different accept the order of
the virtualhost blocks.

Well than the answer is simple; voodoo. Get a goat, a sharp instrument,
cross, gasoline, etc., etc.

If you just put the VHs in the same order as the good httpd.conf file is
everything OK?

There has to be something wrong other than the order of VH blocks. Probably
something in the newly placed VH block at the top. Although I am unable to
duplicate such a erroneous configuration.

Does the machine have more than one IP? Do the VHs have more than on IP in
their <VirtualHost *> or NameVirtualHost (miss-matched) ?

You probably would rather just forget the whole thing at this point, and I
am only being selfish, but with piqued curiosity I beg you to post the
httpd.conf file for public viewing or at least the VirtualHosts.

BTW it won't help to just put the VH you want to the default at the top if
you use iTools because it always puts the new ones at the top (unless Tenon
changed this in 7). Put the VH you want to be default in a separate file,
e.g. /etc/httpd/VH_def.conf, and put the line: Include
/etc/httpd/VH_def.conf above all the VHs in httpd.conf.

Hi again, Well, as crazy as it sounds, yes - it was the actual copying of the file that did it - I hadn't had a chance to make any changes, I was just looking at the file before I could make any changes. The iTools version is 6.5.7, so it uses the httpd.conf file - but no, I hadn't made any changes to the file, nor had I got to the point of adding a separate default vhost file. On a separate note, a similar experience on my own machine - a simple backup caused the whole machine to crash & not be rebootable, causing me to reinstall the lot - there are numerous issues, such as not FTP & I now cannot run the Apple installer at all - will have to wait until next weekend to repair all this now, but it goes to show that the simplest things seem to cause the weirdest problems. By the way, the date of your email was 1969 - sounds like you have 10.2.4 installed. --

Bye for now, Terry Allen ___________________________________________________________________ hEARd

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