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Unable to serve pages on Mac OS X using default Apache Web Server

Answer 1

+1 A:

If you're trying to access the pages from the computer itself just use http://localhost/. Also, try typing the IP address into the browser (instead of just clicking the link in the interface); don't ask me to explain why, but I've seen that make a difference.

Also make sure the OS's firewall is set to allow connections to Apache. "Personal Web Sharing" should be checked.

acrosman 2009-02-21 14:14:32

not working... i have even tried restarting the system and reinstalling the browser.

gagneet 2009-02-21 14:38:45

make sure the firewall is allowing connections

acrosman 2009-02-22 14:23:12

Answer 2

+1 A:

Maybe there are errors in the apache configuration.

If you disable the webserver in the System preferences and open a terminal you can check your configuration by typing:

httpd -t

If it gives a "Syntax OK" you're one step closer to a working webserver. Start the webserver manually by typing:

sudo httpd

If there are no errors, the webserver is started. Open a browser and check http://localhost. Sometimes an extra refresh (Command+R) is needed.

Stopping the server:

sudo httpd -k stop

If the manually starting works, but the System preferences version doesn't, Check the /var/log/apache2/error_log for errors.

Bob Fanger 2009-02-21 17:22:00

Starting and/or stopping the server, gives the following:dyld: Symbol not found: _apr_socket_sendfile Referenced from: /usr/sbin/httpd Expected in: /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylibTrace/BPT trap

gagneet 2009-02-24 09:45:06

Answer 3

+1 A:

http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/php_leopard.php

I followed this on mine and it work perfectly.

Try to follow it a see if it works

fmsf 2009-02-21 17:37:45

yes tried it, but i get the error, as i have appended in my question above.

gagneet 2009-02-24 09:48:04

Answer 4

A:

Stupid question. Does libapr-1.0.dylib exist?

On my Macbook, /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib is a symbolic link to libapr-1.0.2.7.dylib.

Running nm against that file does show that apr_socket_sendfile is defined in that library.

Also: do standard html pages work properly?

Mike Heinz 2009-02-26 20:21:58

Answer 5

A:

It sounds like either:

The httpd that comes first in your path is not /usr/sbin/httpd, and it was built strangely, or
You have installed something that overwrote either httpd or libapr.

What's the MD5 of your httpd and libapr? I get:

$ openssl md5 /usr/sbin/httpd /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib 
MD5(/usr/sbin/httpd)= d5194790e9cfaca881d0e8fc3db24889
MD5(/usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib)= f1f5ece10140a5c2cea2fece7a9e4918

vasi 2009-03-11 03:32:20

Answer 6

+3 A:

I'm having a similar problem and got to this page cause I feel lucky today :) The error means the httpd binary makes reference to a symbol that cannot be found in the appropriate dynamically linked library (libapr in this case, Apache Runtime Library)

Running same OS X version on an iMac. /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib points to the most recent version of the library (1.0.2.12), which does not define the method/symbol _apr_socket_sendfile

The other version of libapr library is 1.0.2.7, does have that symbol. I had the symbolic links point to this version instead (also for libaprutil):

// BEFORE (both 1.0.2.7 and 1.0.2.12 versions exist, symlinks point to .12)
bash-3.2# ls -l libapr*
-rwxr-xr-x  2 userna  wheel  835824 19 Sep  2008 libapr-1.0.2.12.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root    wheel  578640 24 Sep  2007 libapr-1.0.2.7.dylib
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root    wheel      21 14 Oct  2008 libapr-1.0.dylib -> libapr-1.0.2.12.dylib
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root    wheel      21 14 Oct  2008 libapr-1.dylib -> libapr-1.0.2.12.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  2 userna  wheel  569544 19 Sep  2008 libaprutil-1.0.2.12.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root    wheel  393696 24 Sep  2007 libaprutil-1.0.2.7.dylib
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root    wheel      25 14 Oct  2008 libaprutil-1.0.dylib -> libaprutil-1.0.2.12.dylib
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root    wheel      25 14 Oct  2008 libaprutil-1.dylib -> libaprutil-1.0.2.12.dylib

// CHANGE symbolic links to previous version
bash-3.2# ln -sf libapr-1.0.2.7.dylib libapr-1.0.dylib
bash-3.2# ln -sf libapr-1.0.2.7.dylib libapr-1.dylib
bash-3.2# ln -sf libaprutil-1.0.2.7.dylib libaprutil-1.0.dylib
bash-3.2# ln -sf libaprutil-1.0.2.7.dylib libaprutil-1.dylib

// TESTing whether httpd is loaded and run
bash-3.2# /usr/sbin/httpd -t
Syntax OK

Not really sure whether this has been broken since last software update that included Apache Web Server, I rarely use it on this box.

Hope it helps ;)
Jon

Jon 2009-05-02 23:16:26

Answer 7

+1 A:

Have you installed the subversion 1.5 client on your machine? I am seeing the same problem and it seems to be down to this. /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib is normally linked to /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/usr/lib/libapr-1.0.2.7.dylib but if you install svn 1.5 it gets re-linked to /opt/subversion/lib/libapr-1.0.2.12.dylib.

The 1.0.2.12 version of the library does not contain the symbol _apr_socket_sendfile.

Having found the problem I'm still trying to figure out how to solve it.

Doug

DougC 2009-05-11 16:18:20

Answer 8

+2 A:

You can try to do the following: 1. backup current apache

sudo cp /usr/sbin/httpd /usr/sbin/httpd.old

2. Replace link in apache binary file to the old library:

sudo install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.2.7.dylib /usr/sbin/httpd

After it should work as expected and other applications will still use the new version of libapr

Valerii Hiora 2009-06-12 13:28:08

Answer 9

A:

Thank you Val. install_name_tool -change /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.dylib /usr/lib/libapr-1.0.2.7.dylib /usr/sbin/httpd works great!

stryker 2009-11-11 22:19:07

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