Rodney Kanno wrote:
I am trying to set-up a Linux workstation as a intranet web server on a NT
network, but I cannot figure out how to make the web server accessible
through a virtual host name.
Actually, for future reference "virtual" isn't correct in this context.
Apache is installed and is accessible by entering in the IP address as
the URL, but I would like to make it accessible by typing in a name rather
than numbers.
Okay, you've got two options.
1) Add an entry to every machine's
%SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file for your
webserver. It has the same format as /etc/hosts on linux boxes.
for example:
221.222.223.224 mywebserver
You might want to do this if your intranet is small.
2) Run a nameserver that all your clients are configured to use and then
just create a zone for your
intranet, and query outside nameservers for all other requests (and
cache them for performance).
You might want to do this if you have a larger intranet.
Once you've got it working, then add "ServerName mywebserver" (or
whatever) to your apache
configuration file.
Do I need Samba installed for this?
No. Samba handles matters dealing with Netbios. This is a matter
dealing with hostnames.
--Ray
