Package: cern-httpd Version: 3.0-6 My hostname is 'ilm' and my FQDN is 'ilm.mech.unsw.edu.au'.
'hostname' on my machine works as described in the man page as shown in the following interactive bash transcript: # hostname -s ilm # hostname -f ilm.mech.unsw.edu.au # hostname ilm ilm # hostname ilm # hostname ilm.mech.unsw.edu.au ilm.mech.unsw.edu.au # hostname ilm.mech.unsw.edu.au When 'cern-httpd' starts it executes 'hostname' to find the FQDN instead of 'hostname -f'. My debian configuration had 'hostname' set to return 'ilm' when '/etc/init.d/cern-httpd' was executed at boot time to start 'cern-httpd'. 'cern-httpd' then thought that my FQDN was 'ilm'. When http clients requested a directory listing, the html 'cern-httpd' sent to the clients had icon URLs with 'ilm' as my FQDN. The clients received no icons. Some clients complained and substituted a default icon, e.g. X Mosaic 2.7b5, but others, e.g. Netscape, failed to list the directory completely. As a temporary fix I replaced '/etc/init.d/cern-httpd' with: #!/bin/sh # start or stop the http daemon test -f /usr/sbin/cern-httpd || exit 0 case "$1" in start) # Save old hostname and set 'hostname' to give FQDN for cern-httpd. oldhostname=`hostname`; hostname `hostname -f`; start-stop-daemon --start --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/cern-httpd; # Reset hostname to give $oldhostname. hostname $oldhostname;; stop) start-stop-daemon --stop --verbose --exec /usr/sbin/cern-httpd ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/cern-httpd start|stop"; exit 1 ; esac exit 0 If 'hostname -f' reliably gives the FQDN under debian then the 'cern-httpd' source should be patched to use it. My debian version is 1.1.7, kernel version 2.0.7 and libc 5.2.18. -- Regards, Ian Maclaine-cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
