Help needed : I cannot start up Web Sharing

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Pascal

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Hi !

I'd like to start up web sharing, now that I have IP forwarding thanks to no-ip.com. Unfortunately, whenever I click on the start button of the Web Sharing area of the Sharing pane, it grays out forever... and nothing happens afterwards. If I quit the System Prefs application and restart it, I find that the button is back to the Start state, and not the Stop state (like the button in the File sharing area above it, which I also enabled).

I have a white iBook and a beige G3, both running a non-hacked version of Mac OS X.I.II... and both display the same behavior.

What's the problem ??? :confused:
 
This problem, in my experience, is caused by errors in the /etc/httpd/httpd.conf file. What you could do is open the Terminal and type the following:

sudo apachectl start

And enter your password when prompted. The resulting output should indicate what the problem is.
 
Thanks for the tip, Obormot. Doing as you told me allowed me to find what the problem is. In fact, the problem is exactly what testuser wrote... Hey, testuser, I'm impressed ! :D

I've yet to read the thread, so maybe the answer is there... but is it a bug in Mac OS X.1.2 or is it my fault ???
 
Well I just read the other thread, and I got my answer :
A while back Apple renamed their hfs module for Apache. This module helps Apache deal with the case-insensitivity of Apple's HFS+ filesystem. In contrast to Apple most unix filesystems are case-sensitive. (The HFS filesystem, however, is case-preserving). You apparently have an old httpd.conf file that refers to the old hfs module that has since been renamed.
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As you suggested I typed the following in the Terminal:
Code: 
sudo cp -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf.default /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
and now everything works like a charm !

testuser, where do you get all this knowledge ?? ;)
 
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