Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 12:43:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Toren <rpt@miles.sso.loral.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ?? host name resolution Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960428122927.3178A-100000@miles>
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Gentlemen; I am in the process of learning HTML and such. I just installed the Apache httpd on my 2.1R system. I am using a ppp link to get to the net. The problem is "what name do I use in a URL to find my own server?" and "Is this Netscape going direct to DNS or FreeBSD's resolution?" My host.conf is : # host.conf,v 1.2 1993/11/07 01:02:57 wollman Exp # default, try the /etc/hosts file hosts # then is to use the nameserver bind # If you have YP/NIS configured, uncomment the next line # nis Which I thought would use my local /etc/hosts file before going to the dns. When I give a URL of "http://localhost/psi/" I see (throuh tcpdump) a number of requests out the link for "home.netscape.com.", "home6.netscape.com.", "internic.net." and "www.localhost.com.". My /etc/hosts file contains the line: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.sso.loral.com for resolving 'localhost'. If I drop the ppp link, my server is found...? Any thoughts??? ==================================================== Rip Toren | The bad news is that C++ is not an object-oriented | rpt@miles.sso.loral.com | programming language. .... The good news is that | | C++ supports object-oriented programming. | | C++ Programming & Fundamental Concepts | | by Anderson & Heinze | ====================================================
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