hi ya andre
copy the file and than edit httpd.conf file
( usually /etc/httpd or /usr/local/httpd/conf or ??? )
Change ServerName
and restart apache/httpd
you do need to how to properly setup your DNS for your machine...
its a pain or 5 minutes of work...
most distro have a config tool that asks you the
machine name, ip# and domain name etc...use their tool...
have fun
alvin
> Apache tells me "httpd: cannot determine local host name. Use the
> ServerName directive to set it manually."
>
> Now I know ServerName is not something I can run from the command line
> because I tried it. That means there must be something else I need to type
> on the command line after typing 'apache' to define a servername(?).
>
> Any ideas what I've missed? The answer isn't obvious in Que's "Using
> Linux". There are four pages of stuff about DNS and IP addresses but
> nothing specific to giving a host name to an Intranet or local machine.
> Since they say DNS is 'notoriously hard to configure' and is used for
> resolving mnemonic names that represent hosts I'm guessing it's not the
> tool for giving a name to my local host.
>
> How do I give my local machine a host name?
>
> Andre'
> BTW, is there a good book for debian and packages which may be unique to
> debian?
>
>
