On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Kirti S. Bajwa enlightened us: > I have a freshly installed CentOS 4.3. I also setup Apache Server and a > 'test' web site. When I try to display 'test' web site, I get the following > message: > > "The connection was refused when attempting to contact www.test.net". > > > In httpd.conf: > > User apache > Group apache > > The UID/GID on files/folders for 'test' web site are all root/root. > > Four years ago, I installed Apache server and had the same problem. > Unfortunately, I did not write down the fix. I think the problem has > something to do with UID/GID but which one or where. > > I understand this is CentOS group but there might be others who ran into the > same problem. > > Thanks in advance for your help. I am a newbie. > Connection refused means that you can't connect to the server. This means either it isn't running or there is something blocking it along the way (like a firewall). Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263