$ service apache2 restart [fail]

Question

I have installed Apache on my Ubuntu Server. For a special reason I have to enable mod_rewrite on it. So I have done this. And in every Tutorial on the internet the last command is to restart apache. But when I do this the console prints `[fail].` Can anyone help me here? ``` $ service apache2 restart * Restarting web server apache2 [fail] ```

Accepted Answer

I had a similar problem, and for me it was about the logged in user not having privileges so instead of

```
service apache2 restart
```

I had to do

```
sudo service apache2 restart
```

$ service apache2 restart [fail]

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