Re: apache: "httpd: cannot determine local host name."

[Tim Moore <tmoore@tembel.org>]

>>>>> "Graham" == Graham Ashton <graz@mindless.com> writes:

    Graham> if you've got a dynamic ip address, or that still doesn't
    Graham> work, look through your httpd.conf file until you find the
    Graham> line that looks like;

    Graham> #ServerName myhost.mydomain.com

    Graham> replace myhost.mydomain.com with what it should be, and
    Graham> remove the '#' from the start of the line. then try
    Graham> restarting apache.

So what if your hostname is dynamic, too?  Obviously this won't be
usable as an actual web server, but I want to use it for dwww,
squid-cgi, and other utility CGIs.

Can I just set ServerName to "localhost" or the (fake) hostname I've
set for the machine?  /etc/apache/http.conf says: "You cannot just
invent host names and hope they work."  But does that only apply if
clients on other machines are seeing it?

As a side note, having a dynamic IP/hostname is a *real* pain on
Linux!  Perhaps an effort to develop a set of services which are
optimized for a dialup connection would be good...

Tim Moore