Topic: Help! Apache httpd does not start after disabling php

[Alejandro Lengua]

I was using Service Control to disable some services for improving performance.

I disabled PHP and MySQL. and now Apache (HTTP) and Server-Manager don't star... as I am having this error:

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 1202 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'php_flag', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

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[Dan Brown]

Why did you disable PHP?  You apparently have something else that requires it (perhaps webmail), which is causing httpd to barf.  RAM is cheap; upgrading that rather than disabling services is a better bet.

[Alejandro Lengua]

I am using that e-smith only as a Firewallw and PPT-VPN server...
so was trying to disable unused services that could produce vulnerabilities
in the future.

Finally I noticed that a contrib (SARG) was adding a couple of lines
in my httpd.conf. Those lines where calling PHP.. I removed those lines
and http restarted fine...