Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 15:35:39 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: dharam paul <exiaf_radar_guy38@yahoo.co.in> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: apache not starting: FreeBSd 5.4 Message-ID: <44561CBB.3090305@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20060501141454.29873.qmail@web8906.mail.in.yahoo.com> References: <20060501141454.29873.qmail@web8906.mail.in.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>--- Chad Brown <chadsbrown@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>>Mon May 1 00:48:28 2006] [alert] mod_unique_id:
>>>unable to gethostbyname("cathy@alfa.alfanet.com")
>>>
>>>
>>is your hostname really "cathy@alfa.alfanet.com"?
>>type "hostname" in a shell.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> dharam paul wrote:
>
>Yes, it is. But the machine is meant only for local
>intranet. Am I wrng to give this name?
>
>Regards
>dp
>
If having an @ in a hostname isn't illegal, it ought to be. I can't be
bothered to start searching the RFCs for you, but I fail to see how it
can be legal since it would make email address parsing pretty much
impossible; possibly URLs as well. Try cathyatalfa.alfanet.com or
cathy-at-alfa.alfanet.com, though the atalfa/at-alfa seems pretty
redundant given the rest of the domain.
--Alex
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?44561CBB.3090305>