Topic: httpd failed to start

[crazybob]

I was working on a clients SME 6.0-01 server that has been modified with the SME Plus package. I had to preform a re-boot due to a wan change, and noticed that httpd did not restart. I can not access server manager from a local workstation, but can using a tunnel through putty.

message logs shows

Nov 16 00:24:45 server httpd: Syntax error on line 884 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Nov 16 00:24:45 server httpd: Invalid command 'PerlModule', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
Nov 16 00:24:45 server httpd: httpd startup failed

That section of my httpd.conf is as follows

###ModIndex Indexer  Directives

alias /ModIndex /opt/ModIndex/
alias /ModIndex_Files /opt/ModIndex/

PerlModule Apache::ModIndex <- Line 884
<Location /ModIndex>
  SetHandler perl-script
  PerlHandler Apache::ModIndex
</Location>


<Directory /opt/ModIndex>
    AllowOverride None
    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    allow from all
</Directory>


I have compared that section against a server that is running properly, and can find no differences between a functional server, and this server. My client is not dead in the water, and is not even aware that there is a problem, but I would like to get it resolved.


any ideas as to where to start?

Thanks in advance


Bob

[CharlieBrady]

I was working on a clients SME 6.0-01 server that has been modified with the SME Plus package.
...

You should start with the maintainers of the SME Plus package.

[crazybob]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Charlie. Re-loaded modindex and that fixed it.


Bob