Edward Ruggeri wrote:
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Stephen <stephen-d@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 are fine.Thanks, but, it isn't happy until you fully qualify the domain name, for instance, in /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 hostname.local hostname. (Oddly, it doesn't insist on a FQDN if you specify ServerName) In fact, I'm not so much worried about why Apache might want a FQDN (to generate redirects, etc). What I'm worried about is the statement that Apache is going to get the IP address associated with the FQDN (either from lookup in /etc/hosts or through DNS*). What could that possibly be used for? Is that really what Apache does? -- Ned Ruggeri *Not reverse DNS, as I mistakenly 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 name just like the vhosts, for the very reasons you yourself gave.
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