Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-12 Thread Jochen Spieker
Balamurugan: > > Please download apache as a tar.gz and try installing in a local > path rather installing as a system(/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin). This is bad advice. This installation will not receive any automatic upgrades and any problems the OP has with the Debian package can occur here as w

Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-11 Thread Balamurugan
Dear John, Please download apache as a tar.gz and try installing in a local path rather installing as a system(/usr/bin or /usr/local/bin). In this way, you can configure to the most minute level. If you find any issues, you can simply remove that path. That is it. Steps: 1. tar -xzvf 2. c

Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-10 Thread Jochen Spieker
John W. Foster: > > […] I want to know first of all if there is a way, > Command line perhaps, to have apt completely reinstall all of Apache2 > with the dist basic files so that it works upon startup, then I can try > to reconfigure it manually. apt-get purge apache2 apt-get install apache2 Bew

Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-09 Thread John W. Foster
I have an installation of Apache2 that is misconfigured & no longer works. Over the last couple of years Apache has become bloated & hard to manage so I tried using webmin to work out the kinks. My lack of experience has caused me to totally screw up my web server so I want to enlist some assistanc

Re: Apache2 neds to ne reset

2013-09-09 Thread Lars Noodén
On 09.09.2013 19:43, John W. Foster wrote: > I have an installation of Apache2 that is misconfigured & no longer > works. One way would be to remove the package apache2 and then move the config files out of the way. Then reinstall apache2 to get the default settings back. apt-get remove