Apache won't start because of permissions error
Linode
Linode Staff
Hello,
I cannot get apache to start. This is the error I am seeing:
Syntax error on line 524 of /opt/lampp/apache2/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 524 of /opt/lampp/apache2/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 524
bash: /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd: Permission denied
I am running the command as root, so I'm not sure what the issue is.
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tommydavidson
Linode Staff
Hello,
It sounds to me like the permissions on '/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd' may be incorrect, but you may get more specific information by checking out line 524 of /opt/lampp/apache2/conf/httpd.conf, as it may be calling something else that references `/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd', but has a permissions issue. I recommend that you run the command
nano +524 /opt/lampp/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
to view the problematic line in your 'httpd.conf' file and then you should be able to track down the issue from there. You can verify permissions on a file by running the command
ls -l </path/to/file>
where '' is the path to the file who's permissions you wish to verify. For example, if you wish to verify '/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd' you would run
ls -l /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
This will give you the exact permission, as well as group and ownership settings for that file. If this does not get you pointed in the right direction, please update this post and we'll be happy to help out in any way that we can!
Regards,
Tom D.
Linode Support Team