Hey i have a Problem when i start Apache:
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root@e2dd2500-8b98-4d18-8e6e-de36a748b017:/usr/sbin# systemctl status apache2.service
* apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-08-11 12:43:47 UTC; 4min 18s ago
Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
Process: 13158 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Aug 11 12:43:47 e2dd2500-8b98-4d18-8e6e-de36a748b017 systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Aug 11 12:43:47 e2dd2500-8b98-4d18-8e6e-de36a748b017 systemd[13158]: apache2.service: Failed to execute command: Permission denied
Aug 11 12:43:47 e2dd2500-8b98-4d18-8e6e-de36a748b017 systemd[13158]: apache2.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/sbin/apachectl: Permission denied
Aug 11 12:43:47 e2dd2500-8b98-4d18-8e6e-de36a748b017 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Aug 11 12:43:47 e2dd2500-8b98-4d18-8e6e-de36a748b017 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 11 12:43:47 e2dd2500-8b98-4d18-8e6e-de36a748b017 systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
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Hi @tweetgames10,
It seems like you have some wrong ownership/permissions somewhere. Can you confirm how did you install apache2 on your Ubuntu server? Additionally, please confirm if you made any changes to the files in your apache2 directory?
You can start by checking if the actual binnary file has the proper permissions:
ls -lah /usr/sbin/apachectl
It should be something like
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 13 12:26 /usr/sbin/apachectl -> apache2ctl
Your next point of failure should be the file apache2ctl again located in the same directory.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7.1K Jul 16 2019 /usr/sbin/apache2ctl
Next you should turn your attention to /etc/apache2/
Regards, KFSys
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