Sorry to follow-up my own post, I forgot to say that if you use /etc/init.d/network, you will have to execute this script in order to get a network... Better change /etc/network/interfaces.
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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: > > > [1 <text/plain; ISO-8859-1 (quoted-printable)>] > > 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. > > [2 <text/html; us-ascii (7bit)>]
