From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 07:00:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4655A16A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 07:00:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from yoda.anything-inc.com (adsl-068-153-193-052.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [68.153.193.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5D2A43D3F for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 07:00:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from "") Received: from /spool/local by anything-inc.com with [XMail 1.17 (FreeBSD/Ix86) LMAIL Server] for from <>; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:00:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:00:13 -0500 From: Bob Collins To: Michael Banta Message-ID: <20040303150013.GA13393@yoda.anything-inc.com> Mail-Followup-To: Michael Banta , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <007301c400a2$2f6fe220$780a000a@grizzly> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <007301c400a2$2f6fe220$780a000a@grizzly> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Comment: No comment X-Cuse: I have none X-Editor: vi X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=3.5 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 15:00:24 -0000 On Tue, Mar 2, 2004, Michael Banta clacked the keyboard to produce: > > Hello. > > I just installed Apache wilthout error. I started apache and did a ps aux. It appears to be running fine. However I cannot bring up the default webpage. Doing lynx localhost does not work. I set the Servername variable in the config file to localhost, just to test. Everything appears to be in order. Any suggestions? > > Thanks > Mike It sounds like a hostname error. Does Apache know it is answering as localhost? You may want to double-check your `Listen' and `ServerName' directives. A quick test is to try lynx to the local ip address and see what happens. BTW, did you run `apachectl configtest' prior to starting Apache? That will help you with any issues, although if it is running, I am not sure configtest would find it. -- Bob "Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff. And if it's properly structured in a developmental program, children can blossom." -Bob Keeshan aka `Captain Kangaroo'