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Date:      Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:25:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org>
To:        PetBuilder <petbuilder@mediaone.net>
Cc:        Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to install from programs internet
Message-ID:  <20010923102333.M33620-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <003e01c14451$8a945060$0100a8c0@home>

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check /etc/resolv.conf

should be like this

domain ispdomainname
nameserver ipofispprovidednameserver1
nameserver ipofispprovidednameserver2

Brian "Sonic" Whalen
Success = Preparation + Opportunity


On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, PetBuilder wrote:

> Upon checking I can ping IP numbers but I cannot resolve Host Names?
> I've never run across that in windows so I could not even geuss what is
> wrong here.
> Ant thing I should check?
>
> Craig Rose
> Web-Zonic, Inc.
>
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> From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com>
> To: "PetBuilder" <petbuilder@mediaone.net>; <questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 9:08 AM
> Subject: Re: How to install from programs internet
>
>
> PetBuilder wrote:
> >
> > I tried this but I get the same response each time, Connection refused. I
> am
> > connected to the net because I'm telnet-ing in to the server.
>
> The exact error messages would be helpful.  Run the make process under
> script(1)
> to capture the output, and then send the relevent portions in your next
> email.
> Like this:
> cd /usr/ports/www/apache13
> script /root/make.txt make
>
> The output from the command will be stored in the file "/root/make.txt" and
> you can cut/paste the errors into your email.
>
> > Any suggestions as to why it is telling me the connection is refused?
>
> Without more details it could be a number of things, some top candidates:
> 1) /etc/resolv.conf not set up properly (can you ping names? i.e does
>    "ping www.yahoo.com" work?)
> 2) A firewall is blocking you
> 3) The site your trying to connect to is too busy at the moment (how many
>    times have you tried? Those download sites are occasionally overwhelmed)
> 4) Your ports config is REAL old and the server info is no longer valid
>    (what version of FreeBSD are you running?)
>
> > Also, I'm using WIN2000 to telnet to the server. If I want to telnet using
> > SSH how would I go about this?
>
> Download putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) or a
> similar ssh package for windows.
>
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> Your company laywers don't have enough to do, do they?
>
> > > PetBuilder wrote:
> > > > I'm new to UNIX and I'm trying to install Apache 1.3.20 on a test
> > server.
> > > > I wanted to get a copy to install directly from the internet. What
> would
> > > > the proper command line and path to the file be?
> > >
> > > If you're using FreeBSD, you can do:
> > > cd /usr/ports/www/apache13; make all install
> > > (make sure you are logged in a root when you do this)
> > > Read here for more information on how this works:
> > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html
>
>
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