got a slight problem with the apache 1.3.20 pkg that i installed. it seemed to install correctly, but when it tries to restart admserv, it gives this error:

Apache has not been designed to serve pages while
running as root. There are known race conditions that
will allow any local user to read any file on the system.
If you still desire to serve pages as root then
add -DBIG_SECURITY_HOLE to the EXTRA_CFLAGS line in your
src/Configuration file and rebuild the server. It is
strongly suggested that you instead modify the User
directive in your httpd.conf file to list a non-root
user.

i can't uninstall the pkg since it won't let me. httpd works fine, just that admserv is not restarting because apache thinks its running root. i did this update on a different raq3 and it worked, not sure why this one didn't. anyone have any ideas besides restoring the box? tia.

Same problem here, I know you posted this a bit of time ago but did you manage to solve the problem?

i had the host restore the raq. i tried to follow some instructions on the cobalt-aid site in regards to the error, but that didn't do much help. i installed a newer version from source instead and it works fine.

Could you help me install a newer version from sorce for the admin server ? i've senn the cobalt aid instructions and my problem doesn't seem to be exactly the same as the 1st 2 steps don't seem to need doing !
Thanks :)

I have the same problem can somebody please shed some light on it..... Cobalt seems to do no action!! We are in need of a solution....

Thanks in advance

Robbert

At least I'm not alone with this problem :) Maybe someone will find a solution if we are patient enough...!

Did you try restarting the adminserver ???

Worked for all our servers !!

yup, that errors is when you restart admserv. try to avoid that package, it works only sometimes according to people i've talk to.

Wish I had avoided it !
I'm used to raq 4's but I got this raq 3 for personal sites but I've now been for 2 months without them, and it's not worth hosteuropes £150 restore, I've even tried to install webmin but that seems to use the admin apache, anyone with an idea how I could get to add sites and manage them without the cobalt admin server apache ? Or how to repair it?...

Thanks