I dont know whether the apache is running currently or not. i am giving the results of httpd&apache processes, can u figure out whether the apache and httpd running or not.

ps -ef|grep httpd
root 421 1 0 08:57:11 ? 0:00 //usr/lib/httpd -i admin -a
root 414 1 0 08:57:11 ? 0:00 //usr/lib/httpd -i sws_server
nrmsa 7642 7619 0 08:04:58 pts/17 0:00 grep httpd

ps -ef|grep apache
nrmsa 7644 7619 0 08:05:17 pts/17 0:00 grep apache

yesterday i tried to start the apache(in root) by the following command.

/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start

But this given the following error

[Thu May 15 14:43:20 2008] [crit] (125)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to port 80

one more thing i observed in error log and access log is that when i accessed the webpage on 29 april, it has given following details in....

access_log:

10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:00:00:20 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:02:21:36 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:03:51:41 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:05:19:03 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:06:12:50 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:07:24:16 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
172.21.67.130 - - [29/Apr/2008:08:46:44 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 1623 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
172.21.67.130 - - [29/Apr/2008:08:46:44 +0100] "GET /Dispatcher.js HTTP/1.1" 200 16788 "http://172.20.10.57/" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
172.21.67.130 - - [29/Apr/2008:08:46:46 +0100] "GET /mshaw/index.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 290 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:09:35:18 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:11:58:01 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:13:35:01 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
172.21.65.9 - - [29/Apr/2008:14:43:19 +0100] "GET /cgi-bin/nrmsalog-cgi HTTP/1.1" 200 2726 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:14:54:30 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
172.21.65.9 - - [29/Apr/2008:14:55:57 +0100] "GET /hawk.htm HTTP/1.1" 304 - "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
172.21.65.9 - - [29/Apr/2008:14:55:57 +0100] "GET /npeweb/MAINBKGD.GIF HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://172.20.10.57/hawk.htm" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
172.21.65.9 - - [29/Apr/2008:14:55:58 +0100] "GET /npeweb/neon.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://172.20.10.57/hawk.htm" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
172.21.65.9 - - [29/Apr/2008:14:55:58 +0100] "GET /npeweb/BTLOGO.GIF HTTP/1.1" 304 - "http://172.20.10.57/hawk.htm" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
172.21.65.9 - - [29/Apr/2008:14:56:03 +0100] "POST /cgi-bin/nrmsalog-cgi HTTP/1.1" 200 2771 "http://172.20.10.57/hawk.htm" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:17:12:38 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:17:53:49 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:20:38:05 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:21:53:33 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"
10.240.7.118 - - [29/Apr/2008:23:18:15 +0100] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 1623 "-" "-"

from error_log on same day:

[Tue Apr 29 08:46:46 2008] [error] [client 172.21.67.130] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mshaw/index.htm

But index.htm is placed in

/usr/local/apache/htdocs/index.htm

But we had accessed the web page fine there.

Somebody tried to fetch /mshaw/ (or /mshaw/index.html), that's all it means.

Your ps output shows that you have two httpds running, the question is which one is bound to port 80, and whether you can safely kill that one and start the one you want on that port. It's refusing to start because the port is already in use because you already have one httpd (aka apache) running. You can't have two server processes on the same single port.

Can you please tell me the command to see which process is bound to the port 80.

and i want to start my apachectl on port 80.

please suggest me in this regard.

Thanks for your support.......

My problem is resolved....

The problem is that some SWS process is running on port 80.

We stopped that process and started the apache server.


Thanks for your support...