AH00543: httpd: bad user name

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Httpd fails to start nad indicates a bad user name
httpd[198376]: AH00543: httpd: bad user name custom_name

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Apache httpd

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