[PLUG] Server Crash: Lost Access to Local http Application

[Ken Stephens]

Rich Shepard wrote:
>     Yesterday my server/workstation shut off while I was out of the office. I
> booted it when I returned and ensured that all necessary applications were
> running. (I had an issue with loss of local network access but finally
> figured out that the network configuration file contents were reset to
> blanks. Restored host IP address, netmask, and gateway address, restarted
> the networking and that's resolved.)
>
>     However, I cannot access my accounting application which uses httpd as the
> front end. In firefox the URL of http://localhost/sql-ledger/login.pl
> returns:
>
> The requested URL /sql-ledger/login.pl was not found on this server.
>
>     It worked Sunday.
>
>     I think the problem is that /etc/httpd.conf was partially altered without
> changing the access time stamp; that file may not be the problem. It's been
> long enough since I set this up that I've forgotten the details.
>
>     In /etc/httpd/ there is httpd.conf and sql-ledger-httpd.conf. I _think_
> that the latter is supposed to be included in the former but no longer is.
>
>     How do I identify the source of the problem? I need to get this
> application running again ASAP.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
>
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Rich,

Sounds like your configuration file may have been updated.  Check for a 
backup copy.  Restart your webserver.

Ken