> From: Hidong Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having problems with httpd.  I have a laptop called
> newt.emeraldbiostructures.com running Red Hat 7.2.  'uname -a' shows
> this:
> 
> Linux newt.emeraldbiostructures.com 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT
> 2001 i686 unknown
> 
> 
> I've installed Apache on this laptop.  When I try to start httpd with
> '/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start', I get this message:
> 
> Starting httpd: [Mon Feb  4 17:37:20 2002] [alert] httpd: Could not
> determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for
> ServerName

I think this is the error you get when

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

doesn't contain the server name.

Look in that file for the line that starts out "ServerName" and put
the FQDN for your machine after it.

HTH,
Dave


> And then when I point the browser to
> http://newt.emeraldbiostructures.com, it says that Netscape is unable to
> locate the server.  If I point the browser to localhost, 127.0.0.1, or
> its local class C IP address, I get the familiar Apache start-up page. 
> Why is httpd not recognizing the FQDN?  I have the correct name in
> /etc/HOSTNAME.  Thanks,
>
> Hidong



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