AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address when including httpd-ssl

pancibule · 2017-11-04 06:57:17

Hi,

I installed the latest apache package on a new server. There is no other software running (except ufw).

I can start httpd via systemctl after installing it. But as soon as I uncomment line "Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf" it fails to start.

$ apachectl graceful
httpd not running, trying to start
(13)Permission denied: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(13)Permission denied: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

I searched for all "Listen" commands:

$ grep -ir "^listen" /etc/httpd/
/etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf:Listen 443
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:Listen 80

I searched for other software which uses port 80:

$ ss -tlpn | grep 80

(No Output)

I really don't know what to do now. Obviously, port 80 is not used and there is only one "Listen 443" and one "Listen 80" in the conf files. httpd runs as long as I don't include "conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf" …

Last edited by pancibule (2017-11-04 07:21:26)

Slithery · 2017-11-04 15:25:09

Processes need to be run as root to bind to low port numbers, you're running apachectl as a normal user.

Why are you using apachectl at all? You should be using systemctl instead.

pancibule · 2017-11-09 18:30:02

slithery wrote:

Why are you using apachectl at all?

I did not use it. I used it to get the short error message. I started Apache as root with

$ sudo systemctl start httpd

Then the error occurs.

However, I fixed this in the meantime by switching to Debian. I used almost the same configuration there without encountering this error.

Thanks for your help.

Arch Linux

#1 2017-11-04 06:57:17

AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address when including httpd-ssl

#2 2017-11-04 15:25:09

Re: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address when including httpd-ssl

#3 2017-11-09 18:30:02

Re: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address when including httpd-ssl

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