Unable to open logs after raname of error_log of Apache

[MorrisM]

Hi, I hope someone of you can help me solve a (i hope... a little) problem. I was deleting all logs processed in rotation on my server with Plesk Panel 9.0.0 and CentOS 5, in the folder "domain/statistics/logs". By mistake I renamed "error_log" file and now Apache can restart. When in Putty I send the command "service httpd restart", it fails giving me the error "Unable to open logs". I just renamed the error_log file to the original but the problem remain.

I tried to access to the Plesk Panel, I went on the "Web Hosting Settings" for the specific domain, I unchecked "Custom Error Documents", applied the modidy and re-checked the option: nothing, Apache don't want to restart.

So, I have a strage situation: Apache is currently running correctly (it seems), but I can't restart it.

Please, someone can help me solve that problem? I searched in this forum and googled for a solution but... nothing...

Thank you very much for your support.

 

[IgorG]

For some reasons Apache can't get access to logs. Maybe it is caused by limit for open files. Try 'ulimit -n 2048' at least.

 

[MorrisM]

Thank you for your answer, but it don't solve the problem... maybe I have to create the file with the same permissions but i'm not sure how.

 

[MorrisM]

i solved... i renamed the error_log with the original name, "pkill httpd", and rested Apache... now it seems to run correctly.

Anyway, thank you very much for your support.