i think putting up the domain name in /etc/hosts is
enough. DNS is a bit of an overkill for simple virtual
hosting in apache...

Nikhil.

--- Praveen Khurjekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Yes, it is possible for you to type www.somename.com
> in your browser and
> access pages on your harddrive.
> 
> For this you will need to setup Dns, see if you 
> have a nameserver 'named'
> installed on your linux box.If not then you will
> have to install bind8 and
> bindutils which come in rpms.
> Check out the DNS-howto on linuxdoc.org , the howto
> tells howto setup ur own
> domain on a linux box.
> 
> Praveen
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nithu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: linux india majordomo
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 5:21 AM
> Subject: [LIH] apache cofiguration help...
> 
> 
> > hi,
> > I am new to this community, can anyone help me out
> with apache
> configuration
> > on my Red Hat linux 6.1, I have a 133 Pentium, 1.2
> Gb hdd and no network
> > card. Is it possible for me to type in
> http://www.somename.com
> > and access my pages locally on my harddrive, when
> I am not online.
> > Even if you refer me to some good site explaining
> the above would help me
> a
> > lot.
> > >> I have able to setup apache with php, mySQL and
> openssl. (I don't know
> > how much this will help you in advising me)
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > nithu
> >
> >
> >
> >
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