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Date:      Mon, 24 Dec 2001 13:57:28 -0500
From:      "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, "Jud" <jud@operamail.com>
Subject:   Re: FQDN, Apache2, and Postfix
Message-ID:  <20011224185618.9C64B37B416@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011224013346.264ddc0e.jud@operamail.com>

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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.

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doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net

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