From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 24 10:56:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C64B37B416 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2001 10:56:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 13750 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2001 18:56:11 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-133-128.nfas.greensburg-tnt-2.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.128) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 24 Dec 2001 18:56:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 10805 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2001 18:56:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother.wastegate.net) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 24 Dec 2001 18:56:35 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" , "Jud" Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:57:28 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <20011224013346.264ddc0e.jud@operamail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FQDN, Apache2, and Postfix Message-Id: <20011224185618.9C64B37B416@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 01:33:46 -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 > >I also recall a problem regarding lack of a fully qualified domain >name when I installed and tried to configure postfix. > >I'm on a dialup connection with a dynamically assigned IP address. > >I'd appreciate advice and suggestions, either in the form of >"Here's what to do," or "Here's where to find out what to do." i believe you'll need to get a domain or hostname to resolve to an ip address. i use www.easydns.com and ez-ipupdate to do that for myself i run apache 1.3 and qmail on mine. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message