[plug] Local Apache problem

[Ben Jensz]

You need to give the "ServerName" directive in Apache a setting.  If the
machine you're using is the one running Apache, then just set ServerName to
127.0.0.1.

If you're connected to the net, I'd also use the "BindAddress" directive and
set it to "127.0.0.1" also, so you don't get people outside accessing stuff
from port 80.


/ Ben

----- Original Message -----
From: "J Michael Gilks" <gilksjm at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: [plug] Local Apache problem


> When I try to start apache I get the following message.
>
> Starting httpd-perl:  [60G[   [1;32mOK [0;39m  ]
> Starting httpd: [Tue Jan  8 11:16:40 2002] [alert] httpd: Could not
determine
> the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
>  [60G[ [1;31mFAILED [0;39m]
> [Tue Jan  8 11:16:45 2002] [alert] httpd: Could not determine the server's
> fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
>  [60G[ [1;31mFAILED [0;39m]
> [Tue Jan  8 11:16:51 2002] [alert] httpd: Could not determine the server's
> fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
>  [60G[ [1;31mFAILED [0;39m]
>
> My hosts file contains the following entries
>
> 127.0.0.1 linux.personal localhost
> 192.168.0.1 linux.personal localhost linux
>
> The 127.0.0.1 line has been changed from localhost.localdomain to
> linux.personal with no effect.
>
> Can someone please suggest a solution to this problem as I need to debug
some
> PHP scripts and the machine won't connect to anything local.
> I am running Mandrake 8.1
> Love
> Mike.
>