This was the reply sent to me when I suggested turning UseCanonicalName
off in apache, hopefully someone else will have an idea how to fix this
prob.
jeff
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Hi Jeff,
First, thanks for the speedy response (4 minutes).
Second, I tried your suggestion and set
UseCanonicalName no, but after I restarted Apache, it
refused all connections, even from the LAN.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
--David
On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 09:58:52PM -0500, Jeff Bachtel wrote:
> Should be an option UseCanonicalName in your apache config file, switch
> it from whatever it is (off or on)
>
> jeff
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 08:54:45PM -0600, David Karlin wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Thanks to some help from people on this list, I now
> > have a script which posts my dynamic IP address to
> > a web page. Works great; my cousin logged into
> > my machine from her IRIX machine at the University
> >
> > When accessing my web server from the Internet,
> > friends enter the dotted-quad address in the
> > browsers address bar and are able to browse my
> > wwwroot. Works great.
> >
> > If xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx/~username is put in the
> > address bar (replacing x's with dotted-quad
> > address), the xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx/~username
> > gets turned into hostname/~username and the
> > browser tries to add .com or .edu or .net or
> > whatever it thinks will work.
> >
> > My hostname is not registerd, so of course
> > this doesn't work for internet users,
> > although users on the LAN have no problem,
> > because that hostname is recognized on the
> > LAN and the domain completion is not done.
> >
> > The real question is: What is causing the
> > dotted-quad to turn into a hostname? I suspect
> > either something in my nameserver config, or
> > something in the Apache config, but I'm not
> > to sure where to start looking.
> >
> > Anyone out there have any clues?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --David
> >
> >
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