Reply to: Question for the Experts: In Apache2 on Linux how to find the apache version ?

[minestrone]

There is a changes file in the root of apache installs.

FFS, it is not hard MF.

IF you are an admin surely you could have the skills to cd about a bit and vi some files, of course unless you know nothing. DO you know nothing?

[oracleslave]

Ask the Oracle.

Who's that then?

[milanbenes]

overdrive,

i guess it's some seriously screwed up source build, or shall we say, it was installed in such a way that it adhers to the corporate governance policies of this behemoth of an organisation we're doing IT for

Milan.

[AtW]

Ask the Oracle.

[oversteer]

apache2ctl is a shell script which will start and stop httpd by calling the httpd binary (unless you have some seriously screwed up source build)

[milanbenes]

overdrive,

this is apache2 on linux there is no httpd binary

Milan.

[milanbenes]

thank you Team

good work

found it...

./apache2ctl -v

Milan.

[oversteer]

If the server is not running you can do
find /usr -name httpd
then run the explicit path with -v as already mentioned

[NickFitz]

which httpd at the command prompt should give you the path to the executable.

[Sockpuppet]

Why not just type a wrong address in.

The server will give you the version number in the 404 page it sends back if you've no custom 404 page.

[darmstadt]

From root:

/usr/local/apache/conf apache2 -v

[stek]

Try apachectl status or apachectl fullstatus not sure if it reports the version tho...

[TheFaQQer]

Telnet to the server and type

HEAD / HTTP/1.0

Don't know why you don't have a bin directory, though - I would expect it to be in /usr/local/apache if you can't find it elsewhere.

What does

ps -ef | grep httpd

tell you - that should tell you where the httpd file is running from.

[Cliphead]

httpd should be in

/usr/sbin

but depends on the distro.

Are any logs files present? Is it running?

The conf file should be here;

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

[TheFaQQer]

milan,

You have been posting on CUK for several millenia now, as you have reminded us in the past. Has it not dawned on you yet that there is a specific forum for technical questions?

FAQQ