I just ordered a virtual hosting package from Ipower.com, and I was given the program 'Webmin' to use (I'd rather it be Cpanel). Whenever I click 'Start Apache' (which would be really nice to be able to do), I get this error message.


Sat Feb 19 07:22:22 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 18:11:02 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 18:30:28 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 21:22:31 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 21:23:28 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80

What is going on?

uh...I changed the port that Apache would listen to to '81', and now apache works. Am I correct in thinking that the problem lies in another program that is using port 80?

http exists on port 80

So which port should apache run on?

from the best of my knowlegde Apache should also run on 80. someone please confirm this....you may need someone to look at your server for you.

You're probably getting that error because apache is already running.

Webmin's apache module may not be picking up the correct configuration. Click on Module Config to see if the paths to stop / start apache are correct etc.

To check if apache is already running click on Systems, Running Processes

You can also check Others, System and Server Status and see if apache has the green tick. But again, the install of apache may not be the same as what Webmin expects thus the status could be showing the red cross. Check module config.

Command to start apache *Use apachectl or start manually
Command to stop apache *Use apachectl or kill process

^That is my current configuration.

Apache runs on port 80

I get that same error and I have no clue how to change the port for it, I really want to use apache again

Originally Posted by John

I just ordered a virtual hosting package from Ipower.com, and I was given the program 'Webmin' to use (I'd rather it be Cpanel). Whenever I click 'Start Apache' (which would be really nice to be able to do), I get this error message.


Sat Feb 19 07:22:22 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 18:11:02 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 18:30:28 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 21:22:31 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80
[Sat Feb 19 21:23:28 2005] [crit] (48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80

What is going on?

Something is already bound to port 80. Try killing all your old apache processes manually. sockstat -c will show what processes are bound to your ports in BSD.

A broken apache config will make the apachectl stop/start command useless. Make sure the PID file locations are correct.

Originally Posted by meganisonfire

I get that same error and I have no clue how to change the port for it, I really want to use apache again

You can change the port number in httpd.conf, on linux

pico /etc/httdp/conf/httpd.conf

As I say, have you checked that apache is not already running? The fact that you are seeing an error when starting apache is that it could already be running.

Webmin -> System -> Running Processes

Press Ctrl-F on the page or use the search option and check for

apache

If you have root access to the server you could try this:

ps aux | grep apache

If it's there in either case then it's already running and you don't need to start it again.

If it's not running then to find out what is using port 80 already try:

netstat -pan

or

netstat -lnp | grep :80'

That should give you a clue as to what is using port 80.