Re: Serving web pages for local use only

["Bambang Purnomosidi D. P." <bpdp@3wsi.net>]

Set the ServerName directive to localhost or 127.0.0.1
That should be in /etc/apache/httpd.conf file

You also need to do 

    apachectl start 

as root.

To run Perl CGI scripts, you need to setup ScriptAlias directive in 
httpd.conf. This should be created for you when you install Apache. Find out 
if it is commented, if it is then uncomment it.

--
bpdp

On Wednesday 26 September 2001 6:22 pm, Steve Dondley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to use my machine to serve web pages, more specifically, I'd like
> it to run Perl cgi-scripts.  The machine will NOT be serving pages over the
> net.  I'm guessing I can just point my browser to 127.0.0.1.
>
> I installed apache but I'm stuck on what to do next, however.  I can't get
> the httpd daemon running.  Apparently, I need to set the "ServerName"
> directive.  Since I don't a domain name for the machine, what do I use for
> this?  Anything else I need to do?
>
> Thanks!