Re: help with localhost please.

[Dieter S. <dsi...@sq...>]

localhost is setup in
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1               localhost.your_domain   localhost

to use the hosts file it is specified in host.conf with a 'hosts' line
/etc/host.conf
hosts

Netscape tries (www.) host (.com|.org) if it can't find a matching name.
This is why you are getting www.localhost.com when you enter localhost.


Dieter Simader    http://www.sql-ledger.org   (780) 472-8161
DWS Systems Inc.     Accounting Software       Fax: 478-5281
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Wayne wrote:

> Dieter Simader wrote:
> 
> > localhost should resolve to localhost.your_domain not localhost.com unless
> > of course you own localhost.com
> 
> I don't have a DNS yet, so my domain, I beleave, is localdomain.
> 
> >
> >
> > What you are actually doing is requesting the login.pl script from
> > the server running at www.localhost.com.
> 
> Can you tell me how I'm doing this, so that I can stop doing it.
> 
> >
> >
> > Also check if you have a 'AddHandler cgi-script .pl' line in your
> > httpd.conf file. htdoc is not normally setup to process perl scripts.
> 
> I put this in according to the set-up instruction of sql-ledger.
> The place of the AddHandler cgi-script.pl was at the end of
> httpd.conf. As I learn more I'll put them where they should
> be.
> 
> >
> >
> > You can also check if everything is working by using dnhttpd. cd to the
> > dnhttpd/exec directory and start the private web server (type in ./dnhttpd
> > on the command line). Then type in http://127.0.0.1:8000/login.pl into
> > your web browser. To load the administration module type in
> > http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin.pl
> 
> If dnhttpd is a directory, then I don't have one. This is accorden to
> the find command.
> Thanks for your time.
> Wayne
> 
> >
> >
> > Dieter Simader    http://www.sql-ledger.org   (780) 472-8161
> > DWS Systems Inc.     Accounting Software       Fax: 478-5281
> > =========== On a clear disk you can seek forever ===========
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Wayne wrote:
> >
> > > If I cd into /usr/local/Apache/htdoc and enter the command
> > > "netscape index.html.en ", the page that comes up
> > > informs me that apache is installed okay. As for the
> > > running of apache, the ps -ax command informs
> > > me that the httpd is running.
> > > What next?
> > > Wayne
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard Eicher II wrote:
> > >
> > > > Your web server is not running or installed.
> > > >
> > > > Rick
> > > >
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