apache will not start

[jazzy]

Okay, I installed the release version of OS X 10.0 and everything seemed to be going along nicely. However, now that I am trying to start up apache and migrate my websites back onto this machine, I have hit a snag. So here it is...

I configured the httpd.conf file with all of the relevant information (ServerName, VirtualHosts, et cetera) and I was able to verify that the syntax is correct with the /usr/sbin/apachectl configtest command. But, when I try to start apache, I get the following dump:

> Processing config directory: /private/etc/httpd/users
> Processing config file: /private/etc/httpd/users/uername.conf
> /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

What is it doing with the /private tree? Incidently, I su'd to root to modify the file and to start (or at least try to start) the httpd service.


Granted i have only worked with apache on a purely recreational level, but I have never seen this come up. Does anyone have any ideas?

[jazzy]

So by removing the include at the bottom of the httpd.conf, the included config file no longer is checked. However, I still get there statement that:

> [localhost:/etc/httpd] root# apachectl start
> /usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started

Any thoughts?