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Re: IMP issue



On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 01:05:14PM -0700, Matthew Thompson wrote:
> > Matthew Thompson wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hello, all
> > > 
> > > I just installed imp/horde/mysql.  My server is located at mattyt.net.
> > > Here is my /etc/hosts:
> > > 
> > > 127.0.0.1       localhost
> > > ...
> > > 192.168.1.1     doma.mattyt.net         doma
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > For some reason, when I point Netscape (from outside mattyt.net) at
> > > mattyt.net/imp, Netscape says 'Looking up host doma.mattyt.net', then it
> > > says 'Host doma.mattyt.net not found' of course, since the name doma is
> > > only know to the LAN, it's not a routed subnet.
> > 
> > What does your /etc/nsswitch.conf look like?  Is it only
> > using DNS for host name resolution?  If so,
> > 
> > 	1) insert "files " before "dns", or
> > 	2) is there any internal nameserver for your LAN?
> > 		One that'll forward queries for the rest of the world?
> > 	   Then put that first in the nameserver entries in
> > 		/etc/resolv.conf.
> 
> Both of those files are indeed set up as you suggest and the problem
> persists.  It seems strange that imp would be interested in the IP for
> doma.

IMP doesn't care... Apache does.

> Can anyone shed some light?

Convince Apache of your hostname.

See http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#set-servername for why.

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