My Apache web server crashed again. It's been running for about two weeks, and today I went to my web page, and it wouldn't load.

This is a continuation of the thread: http://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=300

Before I restarted the server, I ran top, but nothing was really taking up any memory. I looked at my apache error_log, and it didn't seem that I was bombarded or anything. I do receive attention from what look like hackers searching IPs for certain Windows files (but these are coming in just every few hours so it shouldn't be a problem).

I ran: "apachectl status" before I restarted my server and got:

Looking up localhost
localhost
Making HTTP connection to localhost
Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.

lynx: Can't access startfile http://localhost/server-status

Caker, you asked me awhile whether I was starting my apache server by console or ssh. I start it via ssh...is that wrong?

I suppose two weeks isn't so bad, but I feel like it shouldn't crash like this. Any ideas?

Thanks all.

My apache httpd also stopped working yesterday. What happened on my machine was that the hostname somehow got changed. In my /etc/HOSTNAME file it was still the same, but I ran 'hostname dmbshare.org' (thats my hostname) and all is fine again. I fig'd this out after repeatedly trying to start httpd (using apachectl). Then i tried to restart proftpd, and same probs, but said it couldnt resolve the local host.. One of my brain cells woke up and I decided to check the httpd error logs, and low and behold, same prob. Hence the 'hostname hostname'

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