Re: [us...@httpd] Using VirtualHosts, do I need to specify "main" ServerName?

2009-09-27 Thread Edward Ruggeri
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Norman Peelman wrote: > Apache (linux/windows) will check the 'hosts' file first and then do DNS > lookups when no matches are found. I don't understand why your not worried > about why it needs it but you are worried about how it gets it. The main > server needs a

Re: [us...@httpd] Using VirtualHosts, do I need to specify "main" ServerName?

2009-09-26 Thread Edward Ruggeri
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Stephen wrote: > Edward Ruggeri wrote: >> >> (Of course, my system hostname (in /etc/hostname) is not fully qualified.) > Your hostname, should have an entry in /etc/hosts > > 127.0.0.1 hostname > > Then Apache is happy and you ar

[us...@httpd] Using VirtualHosts, do I need to specify "main" ServerName?

2009-09-26 Thread Edward Ruggeri
Hi, I am running Apache 2.2.9 on Debian 5.0.3. Everything seems to work nicely, but I'm worried about this quote from "Issues Regarding DNS and Apache" in the 2.0 documentation: "The addition of name-based virtual host support in Apache 1.1 requires Apache to know the IP address(es) of the host