Zone minder not start - Fedora 17 - Newbie

[deepblu]

I am new to zoneminder.

I have followed instructions like in:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... #Fedora_17

but when i type:
systemctl start zoneminder.service
I got:
Job failed. See system journal and 'systemctl status' for details.

So:
sudo systemctl status zoneminder.service
and I got:
zoneminder.service - SYSV: ZoneMinder is the top Linux video camera security and surveillance solution. ZoneMinder is intended for use in single or multi-camera video security applications.Copyright: Philip Coombes, Corey DeLasaux 2003-2008
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/zoneminder)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:03:37 +0200; 27s ago
Process: 11401 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/zoneminder start (code=exited, status=255)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/zoneminder.service

Aug 07 22:03:36 gazela zmpkg[11414]: INF [Command: start]
Aug 07 22:03:37 gazela su[11421]: pam_unix(su:auth): auth could not identify password for [apache]
Aug 07 22:03:37 gazela zoneminder[11401]: Starting ZoneMinder: Password: su: incorrect password
Aug 07 22:03:37 gazela su[11423]: pam_unix(su:auth): auth could not identify password for [apache]
Aug 07 22:03:37 gazela zoneminder[11401]: Password: su: incorrect password
Aug 07 22:03:37 gazela zmpkg[11414]: ERR [Unable to find valid 'su' syntax]

Can anybody help me?

uname -a
Linux gazela 3.4.6-2.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jul 19 22:54:16 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle)

[bb99]

Have a look at this: http://synapticcircle.com/technopolis/

Helped me with no extra effort on my part.

[bhester61]

deepblu, I m having the same problem. Were you able to resolve the issue? The web link provided by bb99 doesn't appear to work any longer.

[jimm01]

Zoneminder service file has been broken for several releases.

You may want to try the Redhat Bugzilla for some info

Search for zoneminder, Some info here to help.