When trying to start Apache I get this message in my log: " [Thu Dec 23 07:47:39 2004] [crit] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified. : Parent: Unable to connect child stdout to NUL.\n [Thu Dec 23 07:47:39 2004] [crit] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified. : master_main: create child process failed. Exiting. " It would help a lot to get to know: * What module is reporting this error * What file could not be found * What is the use of the file This could be achieved by better documentation and logging in code. It might not be considered as a bug, but I feel it belongs in Bugzilla because the logfile fails to explain what really happened. The loglevel was set to debug and the "error" has been reported on three different installation with various configurations. One of them trying to host Bugzilla.
The module reporting is the core ("parent"). The error message is the system message of OS errorcode 2. Actually I find that the log message is quite descriptive.
I am also getting this version of this error: [Wed May 11 17:41:45 2005] [error] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified. : No installed service named "Apache2". I am not getting anything written into the error log, therefore I can not analyse the bug, nor am I getting a line number error to detect where the bug is in the httpd.conf config file. Tim Bapp
I'm helping Tim Bapp with his config. We are loading on a Win2K box. I am wondering if we need to disable or rename the IIS/Window Internet server before getting Apache to load.
These are two different problems. For: [Thu Dec 23 07:47:39 2004] [crit] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified. : Parent: Unable to connect child stdout to NUL.\n Open Device Manager, choose to show hidden devices (view --> show hidden devices), check that you have "Non-Plug and Play Devices" --> Null there and enabled, enabled and running. For: (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified. : No installed service named "Apache2". Are you sure you have the service installed using Apache2? If you try to start apache through the services mmc does it start then? If Apache and IIS are both set to listen on port 80 then whichever starts first will win.
(In reply to comment #4) > These are two different problems. > For: > [Thu Dec 23 07:47:39 2004] [crit] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file > specified. : Parent: Unable to connect child stdout to NUL.\n > Open Device Manager, choose to show hidden devices (view --> show hidden > devices), check that you have "Non-Plug and Play Devices" --> Null there and > enabled, enabled and running. > For: > (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specified. : No installed service > named "Apache2". > Are you sure you have the service installed using Apache2? If you try to start > apache through the services mmc does it start then? > If Apache and IIS are both set to listen on port 80 then whichever starts first > will win. Hi I am really new to all this and i am getting exactly the same error messages as above. If you could help me with these problems by explaining in really simple terms i would be really greatfull. Please help thanks sam
Hi all, I have installed apache 2.2.4 with open ssl package on Windows 2003 server. After installation everything working fine. I can restart the service from apache montior as well as server serivce console. But when i try to restart the service from command prompt i am not able to perform this task.i have tried the following command to restart apache. httpd -k restart. When i do this i am getting this error message C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin>httpd.exe -k start [Mon Sep 17 15:57:15 2007] [error] (OS 2)The system cannot find the file specifi ed. : No installed service named "Apache2.2". The default service installed with the name of apache2 by the installer. But the httpd.exe ask me the service "apache2.2" . once i installed the the service name with the name of "apache2.2" by using the command httpd.exe -k - install -n "Apache2.2" i can do all functions using the httpd.exe. BUt i need to edit the registry to delete the default serverice "Apache2" installed by the installer. However i want to know about this error asap. Becoz we are in the process to upgrade our 2.0 version to 2.2.4. So please confirm about the error message. THanks.
Footnote, ignore comments 2 and below, users too lazy to read the original reporters' description.
This report seems to have become a dumping ground for unrelated issues. Closing. Please open a new report (or find another, more appropriate one) if you're concerned about any of these.