Re: apache

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I just installed RH6.2. Apache seems to be starting, but I can't open
> the index page on port 80. It says "You don't have permission to access
> / on this server". If I change the httpd.conf to run apache at port 8080,
> it's cool. I think there is something else running on port 80, but I can't
> tell what. I looked through /etc/services but see nothing. Any ideas or
> pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Are you running apache as a non-root user?  
Only root has permissions to open ports below 1024.

Otherwise, here are some commands to check what's running on port 80:

  netstat -anp
  lsof -i TCP:80
  fuser -n tcp 80

> Also, is this message coming through as html? I apologize if it is. We've
> got Groupwise here at KPS and I'm trying to figure out how to turn it off.

Looks like plain text to me.  Good job!   :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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