Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 19:28:25 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Gerry Marcelo" <germar@pair.com>, "Random Liegh" <random@random.static.greatland.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How much RAM for newbie install? Message-ID: <199812160031.TAA32683@laker.net>
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On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:14:32 -0900 (AKST), Random Liegh wrote: >I have no >idea of where the rubber meets the road on setting up servers, so I've no >idea of what is or isn't possible. Please keep us (or at least *me*) >posted. :-) You should post questions of a technical nature to -questions, not -newbies. You'll reach a *far* wider audience... Random: You might try installing apache from the ports. It's easy. I have years of professional-level experience with computers and even unix, but I don't know dick about web servers, and I had it installed and serving locally (intranet) in about an hour, start to finish. Go with the standard apache port, sans MS front page extensions, sans SSL (secure), and just install the basic port. As Kernighan and Ritchie say, "...it's best to confuse only one issue at a time". You may be unaware that when you enter a URL in a browser, you can actually enter the IP address. Which means you should be able to enter 127.0.0.1 (localhost) and use lynx to get your first page up if you get apache set up right. This is based on the assumption that your server and browser are on the same machine... Then you can learn how to setup a local DNS to resolve the www host name within your domain (the *real* hostname can be something else, you just add this in as another name it gets known as). If you have questions, just post 'em and we'll go after 'em... good luck!! Steve Friedrich Viva la FreeBSD!! Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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