Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 188595
system-config-httpd does not seem to be compatible with apache 2.2
Last modified: 2015-03-04 20:16:56 EST
Description of problem: The system-config-httpd program doesn't seem to be compatible with the current version of apache in FC5 - at least when I've tried it on my machine (if this is not reproducable on other machines please ignore - I must have done something stupid - but I can't think what). Basically the httpd.conf file the config program creates contains Module loading lines for modules that aren't present in apache 2.2 (I guess they're apache version 1 or even version 2.0 modules). Note also that there might be further incompatiblities, which I haven't investigated. If this is indeed the case, would it be possible to create a newer version of system-config-httpd that works against apache 2.2? Version-Release numbers (Both come from the standard fedora core 5 i386 CD distribution): system-config-httpd: - version: 1.3.3 - release: 1.1 - package downloaded: system-config-httpd-1.3.3-1.1.noarch.rpm httpd: - version: 2.2.0 - release: 5.1.2 - package dowloaded: httpd-2.2.0-5.1.2.i386.rpm How reproducible: Only done on my home machine, but I'd guess it may be universal to all fc5 installations. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the two programs into the system (via yum or even I guess during initial system installation). 2. Check that apache httpd daemon runs ok with current (default) configuration. (e.g. 'apachectl start', or 'apachectl restart' as root). Then once you've shown it to be running ok (e.g check the url 'http:/localhost' in a web browser), stop the http daemon - 'apachectl stop'. 3. First save the default /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file to your home directory ready to compare it later, then run system-config-httpd. Make no changes to the setup, just make sure you save the settings and get them written to file before exiting. 4. try to start the apache httpd daemon e.g 'apachectl start'. You should get an error saying that a module couldn't be found (probably 'mod_access.mod')- this is the first module listed in the newly generated httpd.conf file. Check the current httpd.conf in /etc/httpd/conf and the one saved in your home directory - notice that the modules litsed are different. 5. To clean up - just replace the current httpd.conf with the one in your home directory (alternativly use the .bak file). and then you shoule be able to restart httpd fine.
I copied the modules list from the old config into the one generated by system-config-httpd and that at least got the httpd service starting. However things are still not well: I setup a virtual host by hand on a different port (say 8585) that goes to a different directory so that http://localhost:8585 will go to /var/www/html/gallery while http://localhost/ goes to /var/www/html; however when I do the same thing using config-http http://localhost:8585/ insists on going to /var/www/html.
I found that system-config-httpd needs to be updated to reflect the module name changes that have occurred in the version of Apache that ships with FC5. system-config-httpd writes the wrong module names in the httpd.conf file. The httpd.conf file that ships with Apache has it right, but it is overwritten by system-config-httpd.
Try the patch in Bug #180056, which is supposed to fix this. There really should have been an errata for this by now.
*** Bug 200742 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 198591 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
changed to all platforms, severity high since it happens on all platforms and the bug is a blocker bug for having this piece of software in fedora. Also it is an easy fix and has been ignored for way too long.
Is this ever going to be fixed ??? Does it really have to take more than 6 months to get at least a decent answer ? Forgive me for saying, but this does NOT encourage me to keep promoting Fedora
The patch in Bug #180056 only temporarily fixes the problem. I'm currently working through all the open s-c-h bugs and will fix this one a little different: Instead of overwriting the main httpd.conf file i will create a system-config-httpd.conf file in the config.d directory. This will prevent several things: - You can still manually edit and modify your main httpd.conf file. This has always been something i really disliked about our original design of s-c-h, but wasn't possible to do differently back then. - By having only 1 file with all configuration data that s-c-h modifies you can easily figure out what the problem is and much easier fix it, in the worst case by simply removing the s-c-h.conf file. - Manual changes in the s-c-h.conf file can and will still be noted and the user accordingly notified. The only real negative sideeffect i can see at the moment is that the s-c-h.conf file might overwrite things that you've set in your main httpd.conf file, but there's really no way that can be prevented. Read ya, Phil
s-c-h-1.4.0-1 and later will now create a separate config file in /etc/httpd/conf.d/system-config-httpd.conf instead of overwriting the original one. This should solve most if not all of the problems mentioned in here. Read ya, Phil PS: I'll try to get at least an FC6 update version of it out as well, hopefully tomorrow or so.
Not saying anything in response might unjustly be taken for not caring. Replying with a comment not contributing anything to this thread might seem a misuse of this 'forum'. I'll take my chances; Thank you!