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Re: [PLUG] Apache hostname problem
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Jon Galt wrote:
> > Dumb question: does it need to nslookup bonsaisoftware.com? I've had the
> > name registered for a while, but it's not pointing anywhere yet and I'm
> > not running bind (or whatever), which I suspect might be another whole
> > can of worms.
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> What happens if you ping that hostname? I'd guess you just need a way
> to resolve the hostname. Easiest way is to add it to /etc/hosts, with
> it's local IP address (for the time being) until you go for the static
> IP. If you do NAT/firewalling, you may just leave it this way after you
> get your static IP. If you resolve the nslookup/DNS resolution and have
> an always-on internet connection, then you can remove the name entry
> from the hosts file.
Thank you! Apparently the answer is "yes (sort of) - it needs to resolve
aiur.bonsaisoftware.com". When I tried to ping that, the host was
unknown, but when I put it in /etc/hosts, the ping worked. And httpd
successfully starts and uses the correct domain name.
Wayne
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