On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, André Bell wrote: > 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?
Try running "hostname" and "hostname -f". If you get the same output i.e. no domain shown with hostname -f, then that is the problem. In my case I had an entry in /etc/hosts such as 192.168.1.1 fred instead of the correct 192.168.1.1 fred.my.domain.tld fred It took some finding... HTH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E Debian Linux =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
