Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 02:39:35 -0500 From: Jud <jud@operamail.com> To: Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FQDN, Apache2, and Postfix Message-ID: <20011224023935.1bcc795b.jud@operamail.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011224013852.00c57bb8@pop-server.nyc.rr.com> References: <20011224013346.264ddc0e.jud@operamail.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20011224013852.00c57bb8@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 01:45:09 -0500 Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > At 01:33 2001/12/24 -0500, Jud wrote: > >I installed the Apache 2 port a couple of weeks ago. When I try > >to run it (apachectl start), I get the following message: > > > >httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain > >name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName > >/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started > > IIRC (trouble is, I was playing with Apache on a few flavors of Linux as > well as BSD, and I forget which problem I had where), I just had to add the > machine name to /etc/hosts---for instance if you went for the default of > localhost.localdomain and you're on a private network of 192.168.1.x and > your machine's IP is 192.168.1.100 > then add under that line of 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.1.100 localhost.localdomain > > I'm pretty sure that's how I fixed it. Thanks for your response, but since I connect via dialup and my IP address is dynamically assigned by my ISP, I wouldn't think your solution is possible for me. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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