Apache 1.3 Problems

[mark at legios.org]

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 mark at legios.org wrote:
>
>>>
>>>  	After 3 years, by apache 1.3 server quite working.  It shows a
>>> PID, it's running, it can be stopped and restarted, and from FreeBSD
>>> the home page comes up using lynx http://andrsn.stanford.edu
>>>
>>>  	But from outside, it times out.
>>>
>>>  	I have run the texts for valid configuration (I haven't changed
>>> anything) and I actually rebooted the machine.  The texts are okay and
>>> rebooting doesn't help.
>>>
>>>  	The machine is pingable.  It's running FreeBSD 5.5 or so.
>>>
>>>  	What to do next?
>>>
>>>  		Annelise
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Hmm..
>> Can it connect to the outside world at all itself? Has the network
>> changed
>> at all recently? Did the server restart at all and if so are the
>> firewall
>> rules (if any) permitting external traffic?
>>
>> You could check the apache logs to see if any external connections are
>> getting through to the box at all, too.
>>
>> Is the lynx test connecting from the same box to itself? or from another
>> FreeBSD box..?
>
>>From the same box to itself.
>
>>
>> --
>> Also, what Chris said would cover most of these. :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>
> Chris wrote:
>
>>Sounds like a (probebly external) firewall issue. Just because pings get
>>through, doesn't mean the http requests are.
>
> No firewall on my machine.
>
>>I'd run ngrep or tcpdump on the console and double-check that the packets
>>are actually making it to the server.
>
>>Also, do a "sockstat -4" and make sure it's listening on the approprate
>>IP.
>
> Thank you both--
>
> sockstat -4 show that it's listening on *:80, which is right.
> Neither tcpdump (assuming I'm reading it correcting) nor httpd-access.log
> shows any tcp packets at all getting through except when lynx is run
> from the machine on which apache is running after Sept 12 at 2:12 a.m.
> Thus, I assume packets are not getting to the server, except when
> requested from the local machine.
>
> email and ftp are working--and I can log into the machine remotely--
> so stuff is getting out and in.  tcpdump shows a lot of other activity,
>
> So, I'm stumped.
>
>  	Annelise
>
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This might sound like an odd test, but try configuring it to sit on a port
other than 80 (8080, for example) and seeing if you get the same problem
there.

Cheers,
Mark