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Date:      Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:20:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Configure my server names...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980818181637.25013E-100000@outpost.nada.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181509030.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote:
> 
> > Hi again!
> > 
> > For info, uname -a:
> > FreeBSD outpost.nada.org 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #0: Fri Aug
> > 7 10:55:47 EDT 1998
> > beaupran@outpost.nada.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/HALL  i386
> > 
> > I recently installed apache on my system. When I try to connect to my own
> > server using http://localhost , everything's fine and it's connecting.
> > However, when I try http://outpost.nada.org (see above) it says:
> > 
> > A network error occurred, the server may be down or unreachable...
> 
> And the reason: line??  Netscape puts that up for 90% of network errors.

I know, but I thought I included other stuff... Anyways...

> Try 'telnet outpost.nada.org 80' and see what happens.  If you get
> connected then it's not a DNS or Apache problem.

The problem is fixed. See the mail sent by David Langford...

I changed this line:
127.0.0.1	localhost localhost.my.domain
to:
127.0.0.1	outreach.nada.org nada localhost

Telnet nada 80 works!

> > # $Id: host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp $
> > # Default is to use the nameserver first
> > bind
> > # If that doesn't work, then try the /etc/hosts file
> > hosts
> 
> You should flip these.

Why? I remembered having problem with ppp or something when I flipped
them. I kept it the way they are and it's still working.

Thanks

Spidey

How 'bout a little ride through your own world?
http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/



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