can not start httpd daemon

[gosuc]

Hi,

I have just installed apache2 and wanted to test it.
the httpd.conf is setup to listen to port 80.
The problem is, there is no httpd daemon running. When I try to start the daemon manually (/opt/apache2/httpd start)
the cursor keeps blinking for abut 2 seconds and the prompt comes back without an errormessage. looking at the running processes shows there is no httpd daemon. I also checked in /etc/services to make sure the port 80 is not commented out (but I didn't see anything like http in inetd.conf ).
What the heck did I forget to look after?

Thank you for any help !

Regards,

Fred

 

[gosuc]

Sorry folks,

I should ae read the instructions more carefully! I'ts necessary to create a new apache-user an assign him to
another group. After that, starting apachectl start works
fine.