mod_rewrite: could not init rewrite log lock in child
I found this strange error in my freebsd Apache error log: ”mod_rewrite: could not init rewrite log lock in child”. The same error was logged every second and was filling up my disk with junk. This should not happen because I have a fresh installation of Apache from the Freebsd ports tree and no strange configuration.
After some google-time I found the ”RewriteLog directive” at the mod_rewrite page. It says: ”To disable logging either remove or comment out the RewriteLog directive or use RewriteLogLevel 0! ”
I set ”RewriteLogLevel 0″ in my apache conf-file and restarted apache. The problem was now gone! I do not know which file or directory that mod_rewrite tries to write to however i am pleased to know that the problem was solved.
2 Comments
DrTebi on mars 29th, 2009
This appears to fix the problem, thank you for your post.
As far as I can see, you will have to set ”RewriteLogLevel 0″ to _every_ Virtualhost container in your config file. It’s a bummer. I wonder if this will be fixed in the next Apache version?
ART by LENA on februari 23rd, 2009
Thank you, Marcus!
My server is having the same problem. Hope your advise will help.
– Lena Karpinsky