> I think you have to create the initial log files yourself.  Apache will
> look for the files and if they can't be found then it forgets about it.

This is not true.  More likely, it's not able to find the configuration
files.  If you have options KTRACE in your kernel, you can use ktrace
and kdump to trace the standalone server.  I run Apache on
www.macbsd.com and have for quite some time.  Haven't touched it in
over a year, I think.

In any case, it will create the log files if it has permission to write
to the directory (you might want to check that, too).

-alen

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