[plug] httpd fails to start

[Kai Jones]

Kingsley Haldane Bugarin OAM wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I have a problem with a couple of Redhat 9 systems that I've been trying
> to fix for some time with no success.
> 
> What's the chance of a member, preferably living out my way
> in the hills, being able to drop in and take care of this?  I'll pay
> travelling and consulting time, though I don't have a huge budget.
> 
> On my personal system the password protected keys are in place but httpd
> just fails to start.  On the other system, which was a production
> server, I had to get rid of the password protected keys and httpd won't
> start anymore.
> 
> For someone who knows what they are doing it's probably a 10 minute
> job, but I don't even know what's wrong and haven't been able to find
> anything useful in any forums.
> 
> Regards
> Kingsley

Have you checked /var/log/messages for reasons why httpd won't start ? 
what message do you get when you run "service httpd restart" ?

Cheers
Kai