Re: "httpd: cannot determine local host name"

[Alvin Oga <alvin@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya andre

copy the file and than edit httpd.conf file
	( usually   /etc/httpd  or /usr/local/httpd/conf or ??? )

Change ServerName

and restart  apache/httpd

you do need to how to properly setup your DNS for your machine...
its a pain or 5 minutes of work...

	most distro have a config tool that asks you the
	machine name, ip# and domain name etc...use their tool...

have fun
alvin

> Apache tells me "httpd: cannot determine local host name. Use the
> ServerName directive to set it manually."
> 
> Now I know ServerName is not something I can run from the command line
> because I tried it. That means there must be something else I need to type
> on the command line after typing 'apache' to define a servername(?).  
> 
> Any ideas what I've missed? The answer isn't obvious in Que's "Using
> Linux".  There are four pages of stuff about DNS and IP addresses but
> nothing specific to giving a host name to an Intranet or local machine.
> Since they say DNS is 'notoriously hard to configure' and is used for
> resolving mnemonic names that represent hosts I'm guessing it's not the
> tool for giving a name to my local host. 
> 
> How do I give my local machine a host name?
> 
> Andre'
> BTW, is there a good book for debian and packages which may be unique to
> debian?
> 
>