At 11:26 PM 4/7/98 -0400, Dan Hughes wrote:
>Hello all,
> I will need to install apache on a macine at my school. I have a
>few questions on DNS. There is already a DNS server at my school, I don't
>need to setup a nameserver. 1. Using redhat's netcfg tool, under the
>section of nameservers would I have to enter the ip of the primary
>nameserver only?
Don't bother will that tool. Just edit your /etc/resolv.conf file.
eg.
#/etc/resolv.conf
search mydomain.com
nameserver 192.168.0.2
nameserver 192.168.0.3
2. By pointing the computer to the correct DNS if I was
>to change the name of the server from localhost to the given name of the
>computer on the network, it should be able to locate the server within or
>outside the network, right?
Yep, aslong as the system's network settings are right and you can ping the
internet.
3. This is not related to DNS, just APACHE:
>Is there a way to create a public directory that for each user on the
>system apache creates an entry in the http(d?) directory that would
>produce: http://myserver.mydomain/~dhughes if dhughes is a user on the
>system, or http://myserver.mydomain/~dude if dude is on the server without
>manual entry of the directories ( eg. mkdir ~dhughes)? If so how?
By default, if there is a user, his account will have HTML access at
~username IF he makes a directory off his home directory called public_html
and put his index.html file in there.
Dan
> If it is possible I don't want to rush anyone, but I need to
>figure out how to do this within about 2 weeks, so please if you can reply
>soon.
> Thanks,
> Dan Hughes
>
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