httpd: Unable to open logs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Service httpd fails to start:

# service httpd start
Starting httpd:                [FAILED]

Checking the error_log file, the following message appears:

# tail -n2 /var/log/httpd/error_log
Unable to open logs
Unable to open logs

Environment

RHEL 6
httpd 2.2.15

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