I have synced two linux machines; /home, /var/lib/mysql, and /var/www. As soon as I synced /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow I lost httpd and mysqld service. Anybody has any idea what caused httpd and mysqld down?

When I try "/sbin/service httpd fullstatus" it gives "Elinks: Connection refused".

When I try "/sbin/service httpd graceful" it gives "apachectl: ...............httpd: bad user name apache"

I even un-installed and re-installed apache and mysql but that did not fix the problem. (I am using Fedora 6)

I fixed mysql issue myself. I still have the same problem on httpd.

Isn't the error message from the httpd server the problem?

Double check if there is a user called "apache" in your /etc/passwd file.

Nop I can't find any user name "apache" on passwd. Any other idea?

well.. that's the problem. One thing you can do it re-adding the apache user manually. I'm not sure if this fixes your sync problem, but it should fix the error you mentioned.

Thanks a lot, You made my lifer beautiful. I worked.