Unable to start php-fpm

Unable to start php-fpm.

[root@ip-10-28-197-14 html]# service php-fpm start
Starting php-fpm: [ OK ]
[26-Apr-2012 07:22:32] ERROR: [pool www] cannot get uid for user
‘apache’
[26-Apr-2012 07:22:32] ERROR: FPM initialization failed

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Hello,

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:23:30 -0400 (EDT) wrote rite2subodh:

Unable to start php-fpm.

[root@ip-10-28-197-14 html]# service php-fpm start
Starting php-fpm: [ OK ]
[26-Apr-2012 07:22:32] ERROR: [pool www] cannot get uid for user
‘apache’
[26-Apr-2012 07:22:32] ERROR: FPM initialization failed

is apache user present on system=

Regards
Silvio