>I installed apache, but at the end of the configuration stage it failed to >start, giving an error. I ran "apacheconfig", and got the following output >(essentially the same error): > >---------------------------- >Save these changes to the configuration files? [Y/n] > >Rotated `/etc/apache/httpd.conf' at Sat Dec 12 09:53:35 EST 1998. >Restart Apache now? [Y/n] >Stopping apache with apachectl ... >httpd: cannot determine local host name. >Use the ServerName directive to set it manually. >/usr/sbin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started >---------------------------- > >I don't know why it should have trouble finding my hostname. It's right >there in /etc/hostname. I don't know how to use the 'ServerName' directive, >whatever that is. >
To set the ServerName directive you put "ServerName your.ip.address" in one of the files in /etc/apache. Most likely in httpd conf. If you plan on using apache as a real web server...(rather than for reading you man pages in your browser) you would be doing yourself a big favor to read the apache documentation carefully. Also if this is going to be a production web server, you may want to disable telnet and ftp acess to it..I think you can use ssh instead. -Colin
