Apache print syntax errors to console instead of logfile

Question

Some of my apache configs are failing like this (because of a bug in control panel, but I need a workaround till this gonna be fixed):

/etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 30 of /home/apache/conf/domains/mydomain.conf:
RUidGid takes two arguments, Minimal uid or gid file/dir, else set[ug]id to default (User,Group)
                                                           [FAILED]

I would like to write a script that will automatically remove such configs, but when I type /etc/init.d/httpd start >> error.log nothing is written to file. The same happens when I try to grep a line from /etc/init.d/httpd start | grep Syntax.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '12 at 12:29

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Try

/etc/init.d/httpd start 2>&1 >>error.log

It redirects also STDERR to STDOUT.

answered Mar 13 '12 at 12:29

Janne Pikkarainen

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No, it still writes only [FAILED] to log file – Spacedust Mar 13 '12 at 12:34
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Got it ! It should be: /etc/init.d/httpd start 2> error.log – Spacedust Mar 13 '12 at 12:57

Apache print syntax errors to console instead of logfile

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