Apache failed and wont restart

[Cleon]

The apache on my server seems to have fialed and just will not restart at all. This as caused all my sites to be down and I dont know how I can fix it. When I log into the server it gives me this message.


Unable to obtain apache version information. Your apache server at 65.75.163.160 may be down, or unreachable.

I restared it manually to see if it helped but it didnt its still the exact same. Can anyone help me please, im clueless with this sort of stuff

And I keep getting emails every few minutes saying; apache failed @ Sun Apr 10 17:29:16 2005. A restart was attempted automagicly.

[chirpy]

You need to login to the root shell using SSH and then type (on a Linux server):

/etc/init.d/httpd start

Watch out for errors. You should then tail the error log:

tail -30 /etc/httpd/logs/error_log

Either or both should give you an error message if apache fails to start.

[Cleon]

How do I do that? Im totally clueless

[AndyReed]

SSH to your server and look into Apache and other error log files:
/usr/local/apache/logs/error.log
/var/log/messages

PM me if you need any help.

[Kerstin]

Do secure logins exist for Windows 2000/XP ?
Apache websystem on a windows OS ?

[gorilla]

Hey Kerstin
if you are a windows user use putty to access your shell account on your linux server
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html