Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:34:03 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Jim Pazarena <fquest@paz.bz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proper way to setup laptop with apache22 Message-ID: <4C82C95B.5020609@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C82C13B.7080108@paz.bz> References: <4C82C13B.7080108@paz.bz>
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On 9/4/10 5:59 PM, Jim Pazarena wrote: > I'm setting up a laptop with apache, just to play, basically. > > But apache doesn't like the fact that it can't resolve the > lappy's hostname to an IP number and it will not load. The laptop > gets its IP # via DHCP so it changes at various locations. > > I could use the localhost name & IP #, which should work. > > My laptop is named 'laptop' (laptop.mydomain.com) > > Is there a way to have the system utilize it's assigned IP #? > Or do I have to change my apache config to "localhost" ? > Hi, You can enter (assuming 'lappy' is the hostname): 127.0.0.1 localhost lappy in /etc/hosts and set the ListenAddress directive in Apache to bind to that IP. Regards, -- Glen Barber
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