Re: [Chasers-general] Next Steps

[Nicholas B. <nbu...@co...>]

Just ran the update for system-config-httpd. No new updates. Going to =
run a general update of the system, but I'm not holding my breath. Just =
wondering what dangers there are in uninstalling httpd altogether and =
reinstalling it? Because I'm thinking we may be reaching the end of the =
line, unless I can find a pristine httpd.conf out there.

Nicholas Burmeister
IT Department
The Compass Center
206-357-3144
nbu...@co...



-----Original Message-----
From: cha...@li... on behalf of =
Jonathan Hedstrom
Sent: Fri 9/1/2006 3:12 PM
To: general
Subject: Re: [Chasers-general] Next Steps
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Nicholas Burmeister wrote:
> Nope, the file you mention doesn't exist in that folder. I don't =
recall seeing it there ever, either. The conclusion is that I didn't =
actually update Apache; I simply installed this system-config-httpd gui =
tool, which is outdated in this encarnation of FC. Here's how it went =
down:
>
> When I initially put in the system-config-httpd gui tool, I ran it, =
then put in the host value of 'compasscenter', then updated. It created =
a .bak file. That didn't work. Now, being a big idiot, I simpy reverted =
the changes through the gui instead of simply reinstating the .bak file. =
You'd think that'd fix it, but it didn't. The reason why? The =
system-config-httpd assumed my version of Apache was the older one, so =
its referencing the older modules. Apache 2.2 no longer uses =
mod_access.so, so when I went and simply changed the values through the =
gui tool instead of renaming the .bak, it created a new .bak with the =
bad information, and permanently deleted the original .bak. What I =
basically need is a virgin httpd.conf file for Apache 2.2 that points to =
the right modules for its version. I'm still on the hunt for it.
>  =20
You might still be able to fix the problem with:

yum update httpd* system-config-httpd

This should grab the latest available version for your various packages.

Alternatively, you can run:

yum update

which will update your entire machine. It's not a bad idea to do this
periodically.