I am getting an error httpd dead subsys locked [closed]

linux apache fedora

http://awaseroot.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/subsys-lock-problem-with-centos-6-2-and-apache/ Kill the httpd process, check the pid file in httpd.conf and then restart httpd this link gives you a detailed insight.

linux apache fedora

A kinda common issue with Apache server. Since you have not mentioned your exact Linux OS generalised answer would be enough.

The first thing we need to check "httpd service" is running in another process of a different user.

check the http status using another user (root), or run this

sudo service httpd status

You may get the error "httpd dead but subsys locked"

Then,

Try to delete lock file

sudo rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd

If it FAILED

The kill the process

killall -9 httpd

Remove the lock file

sudo rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd

Restart the service

sudo service httpd restart

linux apache fedora

Check your disk space using df -h. If you have a full disk, it can cause this error.

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