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Re: Re-Installing OS X Server 10.4



At 1:51 PM -0800 1/17/07, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
Woeking through a long distance emergency here. My web services won't start up after performing a third party software update (ClamAV). I believe that I need to re-install Server on the machine that is located in a colo facility.

The question: can OS X Server 10.4 be re-installed in a repair mode, rather than blow away the entire disk?

It would seem more sensible that since the OS is working that you wouldn't blow it away but instead focus on getting "web services" working.


You may want to look at your log files for tell-tale clues as to why it's failing. The system log files and apache log files are good places to start.

`apachectl configtest` should tell you if there's a problem with the configuration files for apache but more th

You might also want to check to see if there's something else now using it's port(s). For this lsof can tell you what's open and by whom.
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-dhan

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