Additional problems with apache after an update

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.1
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Symptom:

After updating the system to SuSE Linux 7.1 the Apache webserver refuses to start and instead issues an error messahe like the following:
Syntax error on line 240 of /etc/httpd/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/mod_example.so into server: /usr/lib/apache/mod_example.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Cause:

Because of security reasons, the module mod_example.so was removed from the package apache. But as /etc/httpd/httpd.conf won't be changed when updating Apache, Apache still tries to load the non existant module.

Solution:

Please edit the file /etc/httpd/httpd.conf and delete this line:
LoadModule example_module    /usr/lib/apache/mod_example.so
After having saved httpd.conf, please restart Apache:
rcapache start

Keywords: APACHE, HTTP, HTTPD

Categories: Network

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