[plug] DNS and Apache Server

[Matt Kemner]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Subba Rao wrote:

> One problem I have noticed is the slow startup of Apache at boot up time on my Linux.
> It is trying to resolve the DNS name for this web server. The domainname on my
> local LAN is a bogus domain. I do have the WWW server mentioned in the DNS table
> 
> www             A       10.5.28.11

You may need to add a "reverse" DNS entry for the IP address.

11.28.5.10.in-addr.arpa.	IN	PTR	www.<yourdomain>.

Alternatively add a line to your /etc/hosts file.

Providing your host.conf is set up right, apache will look there first.

 - Matt