* Starting web server apache2 /var/lock/apache2 already exists but is not a directory owned by apache. Please fix manually. Aborting. [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action "start" failed.
My question is "can I simply change ownership of this directory to apache?"
I have not tried to restart apache or any other testing. All suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks for quick reply..I had found this amahi bug report and also one on debian/apache from back in 2008. I am just unsure what to do.
Are you recomending total removal of /var/lock and restart apache???
The directory is owned by root. Will it rebuild with apache start/restart?? and with the correct permissions???
Yes, that is the fix. This is an OS issue, so not much you can do.
Thanks, I removed /var/lock and apache started normally.