Re: Host Name; WWW.mydomain.com
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 at 22:37 GMT, Thomas Kroljic penned:
> All,
>
> First off I'm a newbie to linux. I recently installed Debian Linux
> (woody) on a Dell Optiplex. During the installation process, I set
> the following: installed Apache Web Server, used a host name of
> "Debian-Dimension", used a static IP address, and also assign a
> domain name that I registered called mydomain.com.
>
> Problem: if i use a browser on another machine and type
> www.mydomain.com, I get the standard "Page can not be displayed"
> (can not find server or DNS) but if I type in
> debian-dimension.mydomain.com, the first webpage for this site
> appears.
>
> I registered my domain name with GoDaddy.com. After I registered
> my name, I updated the Host Name at Godaddy to use
> "Debian-Dimension" along with the correct static IP address.
>
> At this point, I'm confused. Can anyone point me in the right
> direction? I spoke with tech support at GoDaddy and they are
> telling me that I have the Host name configured correctly at thier
> site.
>
> Thank you, Thomas J. Kroljic tkroljic@covad.net
>
If I understood what you said properly ...
You need to set up an alias with godaddy.com. www., ftp., etc aren't
just automatically appended to your domain; you need to explicitly
choose which machine names will resolve, and where they will go to. You
probably want to set things up such that www.mydomain.com points to your
debian-dimension machine.
I recommend calling up your godaddy tech support folks and finding out
how to set this up.
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