Okay, well the OpenBSD install/chroot guide is a good starting point.... Anyhow, Can someone shed some light on these particular error messages? [Sat Dec 17 18:42:34 2005] [notice] Initializing etag from /var/www/logs/etag-state [Sat Dec 17 18:42:34 2005] [notice] chrooted in /var/www [Sat Dec 17 18:42:34 2005] [notice] changed to uid 1, gid 1 [Sat Dec 17 18:42:34 2005] [notice] Apache/1.3.29 (Unix) mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 mod_ssl/2.8.16 OpenSSL/0.9.7g configured - - resuming normal operations [Sat Dec 17 18:42:34 2005] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem) [Sat Dec 17 23:42:34 2005] [notice] FastCGI: process manager chrooted in /var/www [Sat Dec 17 23:42:34 2005] [notice] FastCGI: process manager initialized (pid 23865) [Sat Dec 17 23:42:34 2005] [warn] FastCGI: server "/var/www/users/mike/rails/public/dispatch.fcgi" started (pid 3400) FastCGI: can''t start server "/var/www/users/mike/rails/public/dispatch.fcgi" (pid 3400), chdir() failed: No such file or directory +=============================+ my httpd.conf +=============================+ LoadModule fastcgi_module usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_fastcgi.so <IfModule mod_fastcgi.c> FastCgiIpcDir /var/www/tmp/fcgi_ipc FastCgiServer /var/www/users/mike/rails/public//dispatch.fcgi \ -initial-env RAILS_ENV=development \ -idle-timeout 60 </IfModule> LoadModule rewrite_module usr/lib/apache/modules/mod_rewrite.so <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName rails.derailed.net DocumentRoot /var/www/users/mike/rails/public/ ErrorLog /var/www/users/mike/rails/log/server.log <Directory /users/mike/rails/public/> Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks AddHandler cgi-script .cgi AllowOverride all Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> +==============================+ OpenBSD 3.8-stable Apache 1.3, FastCGI, Chroot I do see the welcome to rails page .. but I get the infamous .. "APPLICATION ERROR, Rails app failed to start properly" +===============================+ thanks, --mike