/var/log/apache2/ssl_scache needs to be zapped on system startup or the httpd daemon may appear to start normally but in reality it's hung. This file will be left over due to an abnormal termination of the server, i.e. power failure, kill -9, etc. error log may show: [Fri Feb 21 14:47:02 2003] [info] Init: Initializing (virtual) servers for SSL [Fri Feb 21 14:47:02 2003] [info] Server: Apache/2.0.44, Interface: mod_ssl/2.0.44, Library: OpenSSL/0.9.6h [Fri Feb 21 14:47:03 2003] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ... [Fri Feb 21 14:47:03 2003] [notice] Digest: done [Fri Feb 21 14:47:03 2003] [info] mod_unique_id: using ip addr 10.0.0.5 [Fri Feb 21 14:47:04 2003] [info] Init: Initializing OpenSSL library [Fri Feb 21 14:47:04 2003] [info] Init: Seeding PRNG with 136 bytes of entropy [Fri Feb 21 14:47:04 2003] [info] Init: Generating temporary RSA private keys (512/1024 bits) [Fri Feb 21 14:47:05 2003] [info] Init: Generating temporary DH parameters (512/1024 bits) [Fri Feb 21 14:47:05 2003] [error] (17)File exists: Cannot allocate shared memory This file is the ssl_scache file typically found by default in the /var/log/apache2/ directory.
i think shm ssl cache is acting funny so i've reverted to the dbm cache, which i think is slower but at least works at this point in time ;-)
