sorry took me a while to try this - been busy at websci :-) > As an aside, check your networking setup by doing a double-lookup on > hostname:
# dig +short cognac.elec.qmul.ac.uk 138.37.xx.xx # dig +short -x $(dig +short cognac.elec.qmul.ac.uk) first command gives the ip address. second command returns nothing. is this right? what should be in host.conf? sorry i'm a server admin noob :-) -kurt On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Tim Haynes <thay...@openlinksw.co.uk> wrote: > Hugh Williams wrote: >> >> Kurt, >> >> On 16 Mar 2009, at 18:27, Kurt J wrote: >> >>> hmmm >>> >>> when i get to step 4 i get a proxy error. this seems to goto >>> http://localhost:8890/wiki/.... which firefox doesn't seem to like >>> ("Proxy server refused connection"). as i'm proxying thru my >>> localhost ssh tunnel to access the virtuoso instance which is only >>> facing inside uni. >> >> [Hugh] In your virtuoso.ini configuration file what is the value of the >> "DefaultHost" param in the "[URIQA]" section as I do believe the >> localhost:8890 is being picked up from this setting and you can change >> this to the value of the external host name being used. Although still that >> should not account for the error you are experiencing having made the same >> setting on my server and still being able to access the Wiki instance >>> >>> maybe somehow it works at uni - i won't know until next week when i >>> return. >>> >>> i've tried changing conductor->Sys Admin-> Packages -> Framework -> >>> configure to use cognac.qmul.ac.uk instead of localhost but the wiki >>> links still seem to point to localhost >> >> [Hugh] So you configured a new HTTP listener endpoint to try and setup >> the external hostname on ? > > As an aside, check your networking setup by doing a double-lookup on > hostname: > > dig +short `hostname` > dig +short -x $(dig +short `hostname`) > > Or just check /etc/hosts, make sure the machine's hostname has a line to > itself. > > ~Tim > -- > Tim Haynes > Product Development Consultant > OpenLink Software > <http://www.openlinksw.com/> >
