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Subject: Re: freebsd4.8 + apache
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add your machine's dns name to httpd.conf like:

ServerName server01.mydomain.com

and also maybe add an entry for it in your /etc/hosts file like:

203.203.202.55          server01.mydomain.com          server01

if that doesn't solve things, i'm not sure what will :)
aaron



> I'm probably doing something silly but I cannot seem to get this working.
> 
> Installed freebsd4.8 and apache1.3.  PC is located in LAN and gave PC
host 
> name.  Full domain name was therefore pcname.domain.*.* ....
> 
> Within the LAN the PC is probably known as something else (this could
be the 
> issue however).
> 
> When I try to run httpd I get the following error :
> mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("pcname.domain.*.*")
> 
> Email archives have some assistance but it is in German.  Any assistance 
> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
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