asked on 9/14/2006

Starting httpd

I get this error when i start apache

Starting httpd: httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

Apache Web Server

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kenfcamp

9/14/2006

ravenpl

9/14/2006

1. You haven't configured the apache properly - You should configure it with some real servername
2. But if don't want, then configure the /etc/hosts with following line
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

willa666

9/14/2006

ASKER

Hi ravenpl

I cant find a block in the httpd.conf for /etc/hosts

ravenpl

9/14/2006

Edit /etc/hosts, make sure there is the line I provided.

willa666

9/14/2006

ASKER

I cant find the /etc/hosts block in my httpd.conf

kenfcamp

9/14/2006

[I cant find the /etc/hosts block in my httpd.conf]

And you wont

Here's what ravenpl told you:

1) "You haven't configured the apache properly - You should configure it with some real servername"

To do this open /etc/apache/httpd.conf and look for "#ServerName". Change this to ServerName <www.yourdomain.name> (note yourdomain.name is a example and should be your real domain name)

2) "OR" configure "/etc/hosts" (this is a totally different file in your /etc/ directory) and add 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost (only if it doesn't exist)

once one of these (or both) are done, start apache

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

kenfcamp

9/14/2006

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