Be sure the loopback is enabled.
Either put the lines
#! /bin/sh
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
into /etc/init.d/network (the pre-2.2 style)
or the make sure the line
iface lo inet loopback
is not commented out in /etc/network/interfaces.
/etc/hosts should contain:
127.0.0.1 localhost yourMachine.domain.com
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yourMachine.domain.com yourMachine
You can add
yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy anotherMachine.another.dom anotherMachine
and can 'ssh anotherMachine' as shortcut to 'ssh
anotherMachine.another.dom' etc.
/etc/hostname would be:
yourMachine
Restart the machine once the settings are correct.
Andre
Joshua Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> I'm trying to learn apache. When I run it I get
> 'Apache: Cannot determine local hostname'
> Does the hostname have to be set up with my service provider or something?
> I set the ServerName directive to my hostname.domain.com (hostname is
> what's in my /etc/hostname file, and I have a domain name set up).
> Are there certain criteria for what the hostname in /etc/hostname can be?
> And what is /etc/hosts?
> Help please.
>
> Thank you.
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