Where is the Apache executable... I'm running RedHat 7.1..

I know I may sound a little ... ehh... ish but I just can't find the Apache server... I've had website creation experience yes...

Do a that'll find it. You might want to use apachectl to control httpd though.

HTH

Jamie...

ummhhh I don't have any apachectl....

*looks confused*


Ehh where would I put the webpage I want to host so others can see them?

Guess u better read the apache docs first. theyre in a subdir of where apache is installed or in /usr/doc or var/www. or around there. sort of. I think.

newer distro's (aka not FSSTND) seem to put it in /var somewhere thoif u tweak the apache configs it could be anywhere.

You can also trying reading the boot script for apache. /etc/init.d/httpd. Look at this script to see what it is executing at start-up.

I know redhat by default has them in the /var/www directory, but you can always configure it to go anywhere you want it to.

If you are looking at a default install of redhat 7.0 with RPMS, you will see that the /var/www is for content only. Boot scripts are held in /etc/init.d. And I am pretty sure that the binary is located under /usr/local somewhere. (Not at my linux box right now)

Best process probably would be to follow the original advice

find / -name httpd

That will show you where the files are located to run apache, either with httpd or apachectl. They should be in the same folder. You can start apache with either

./httpd

or

./apachectl start

HTH! =)

i'm actually in the middle of doing this so i'm going to provide my $0.02.

i've done both an apache installation from the rpms and from source. if you want to just get a basic, already configured apache server, run

$ rpm -ivh apache-xxx.rpm

as superuser. you will need to download the rpms from a place like rpmfind.net (you can ncftp directly to their servers and get the file that way).

otherwise, get apache-1.3.20 (the latest stable version) from httpd.apache.org/dist/ and follow the instructions very carefully. i'd suggest this method, especially if you are interested in learning more about linux (it's helping me a lot).

Easiest way to find an executable is to run the whereis command.

As others have stated, the apache binary is called httpd

So do a

whereis httpd

Also, most installs will put standard initialization scripts in

/etc/rc.d/init.d

These scripts are typically setup to startup or shutdown when the system goes into a particular runlevel. I'm not going to write up how that works unless you ask, but i will say that certain symbolic link files are created pointing to files in the init.d directory.

So if u do have apache installed, and it has not been setup to start (which i've noticed the latest redhat *does not do with a basic install* then you can start it up by issuing:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

If it works correctly, you will see something like:

Starting blah..... [OK]

gl.

unless you install it when you install linux, you have to either get the RPM or the sources and configure it yourself. check out http://telhut.cjb.net/manual/ for more info.