Red Hat

I use CenOS Enterprise 5. I've removed existing apache2 then installed the latest apache2. Everything is fine except the original /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd is now missing. Without this file I can't add httpd to service (commands like "service httpd start" does not work). I have tried to link /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl to /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd, but it won't work.

Code:

[root@cenos bin]# ln -s /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
[root@cenos bin]# service httpd start
httpd: unrecognized service

My question is how to add the latest apache2 startup command to service. Can someone provides me the original /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd script for CenOS Enterprise 5? I googled but could not find the latest one.

Thanks!

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Ok. The link is working and httpd can be started by service. A new issue occurs:

Code:

[root@cenos]# service httpd status
/etc/init.d/httpd: line 95: lynx: command not found
[root@cenos init.d]#

Have a look at your apachectl script. Lynx (a command line web browser) is called to query the apache server for it's status. If you want to, you can define LYNX to be a
different browser, e.g. elinks for example. Either way, you need to install a non-GUI browser in order for the apachectl script to work as is.

The issue is solved by doing:

yum install lynx

Thanks.