From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 13 19:12:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from padu.brownforces.org (padu.brownforces.org [216.43.25.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE82937B405 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:12:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from vkulkarn@localhost) by padu.brownforces.org (8.10.1/8.9.3) id g1E3CD331904; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:12:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:12:13 -0600 From: Vikram Kulkarni To: trini 0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bind/named Message-ID: <20020213211213.A24558@padu.brownforces.org> Reply-To: Vikram Kulkarni References: <20020214030704.99318.qmail@web13108.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.2i In-Reply-To: <20020214030704.99318.qmail@web13108.mail.yahoo.com>; from gms08701@yahoo.com on Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 07:07:04PM -0800 X-Choosen-Adhesive: Duct Tape Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 07:07:04PM -0800, trini 0 wrote: > > [Wed Feb 13 22:06:16 2002] [alert] httpd: Could not > determine the server's fully qualified domain name, > using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName When it starts up, apache does a reverse dns lookup on the IP address that it's using... it uses this to figure out its fqdn... you get that error when you don't have a proper reverse dns entry... > Where should I look to try and get named working > again... Unless you're running your own reverse (unlikely), contact your ISP and complain that the reverse dns entry for your IP doesn't exist... -Vik -- vikram kulkarni Do not be quick to reveal judgment. Hidden vkulkarn@uiuc.edu judgment often is more potent. It can guide vkulkarn@brownforces.org reactions whose effects are felt only when too late to divert them. -Bene Gesserit Advice to Postulants To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message