From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 18 15:18:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA11749 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:18:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11744 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:18:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA16094; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:17:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.45.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id SAA02553; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:17:52 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:20:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org Reply-To: Spidey To: Doug White cc: Questions=answers Subject: Re: Configure my server names... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote: > > > Hi again! > > > > For info, uname -a: > > FreeBSD outpost.nada.org 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #0: Fri Aug > > 7 10:55:47 EDT 1998 > > beaupran@outpost.nada.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/HALL i386 > > > > I recently installed apache on my system. When I try to connect to my own > > server using http://localhost , everything's fine and it's connecting. > > However, when I try http://outpost.nada.org (see above) it says: > > > > A network error occurred, the server may be down or unreachable... > > And the reason: line?? Netscape puts that up for 90% of network errors. I know, but I thought I included other stuff... Anyways... > Try 'telnet outpost.nada.org 80' and see what happens. If you get > connected then it's not a DNS or Apache problem. The problem is fixed. See the mail sent by David Langford... I changed this line: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain to: 127.0.0.1 outreach.nada.org nada localhost Telnet nada 80 works! > > # $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $ > > # Default is to use the nameserver first > > bind > > # If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file > > hosts > > You should flip these. Why? I remembered having problem with ppp or something when I flipped them. I kept it the way they are and it's still working. Thanks Spidey How 'bout a little ride through your own world? http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message