On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 11:51 -0700, Michelle Schuknecht wrote: > > On May 18, 2006, at 12:35 AM, Paul Howarth wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:39 -0700, Michelle Schuknecht wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am having a problem starting apache upon boot on FC4. I have a > > > > > > script in /etc/init.d for httpd to start and have linked this with > > > a > > > file in /etc/rc3.d. > > > > > > You did this manually? What did you call the link in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d > > > The link I made was: ln > -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S91httpd That should be OK then; the default is 85 so 91 should be fine too. > > > After boot, when I run ps aux, I see that httpd > > > is running: > > > > > > > > > root 2557 2.3 0.6 17048 6896 ? Ss 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2587 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2588 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2589 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2590 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2591 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2592 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2593 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > apache 2594 0.0 0.6 17048 6912 ? S 14:12 > > > 0:00 /usr/ > > > sbin/httpd -DSSL -k start > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However when I try to access the website, I get a Bad Gateway: > > > The > > > proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server > > > > > > error. If I go to the script in /etc/init.d to stop and then > > > start > > > the httpd process again everything runs o.k. Why would this not > > > be > > > starting properly when booting? > > > > > > Perhaps your manual link causes httpd to start up too soon, before > > the > > network is up? > > > > > > It's better to use chkconfig to set up the links: > > > > > > # chkconfig httpd on > > > I tried using chkconfig, but get the error: service httpd does not > support chkconfig Are you using something other than the FC4 standard httpd package, or have you edited the initscript? Does your SSL certificate require a passphrase? Paul.