Can't start Plesk

[galaxy]

I'm attempting an upgrade, but testing some configuration first. When I try to start plesk, I go to https://xx.xx.xx.xx:8443/ to bring up the control panel, but I only get "500 - Internal Server Error". I'm using CentOS 5 and I checked /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log and get the following:

Only CP Server may run this program
2009-04-14 00:10:49: (mod_fastcgi.c.1004) the fastcgi-backend /usr/bin/sw-engine-cgi -c /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini -d auto_prepend_file=auth.php3 -u psaadm failed to start:
2009-04-14 00:10:49: (mod_fastcgi.c.1008) child exited with status 1 /usr/bin/sw-engine-cgi -c /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini -d auto_prepend_file=auth.php3 -u psaadm
2009-04-14 00:10:49: (mod_fastcgi.c.1011) if you try do run PHP as FastCGI backend make sure you use the FastCGI enabled version.
You can find out if it is the right one by executing 'php -v' and it should display '(cgi-fcgi)' in the output, NOT (cgi) NOR (cli)
For more information check http://www.lighttpd.net/documentation/fastcgi.html#preparing-php-as-a-fastcgi-program
2009-04-14 00:10:49: (mod_fastcgi.c.1016) If this is PHP on Gentoo add fastcgi to the USE flags
2009-04-14 00:10:49: (mod_fastcgi.c.1109) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.
2009-04-14 00:10:49: (mod_fastcgi.c.3512) all handlers for /index.php on .php are down.

This used to work... I did a reboot today and all of a sudden I can't get back in. I'm not sure what changes I made to the server settings, however they were performed via the admin control panel.

 

[galaxy]

found the problem...
I created my own username/id with the same uid (500) as sw-cp-server. I changed my own uid to something else and it was fixed.

Thats what you get from copy/paste from another plesk server /etc/passwd file...