I have a similar problem along similar lines to the question below.
I have Mandrake 7.1 installed, i am wanting to have a play with Apache,
I have it starting as a service on startup, but when I try and connect
using http://localhost/ or http://localhost.localdomain/ or 127.0.0.1 it
just returns the error that the host is unreachable.
I have tried to start apache manually, but resulting in the same
problem, it matters not wether I am logged on as root or a standard
user.
Any ideas? is this some sort of security option that I may have
inadvertently switched on?
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Jamie Adams
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>From: Michael Spivak[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 12 June 2001 10:53
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [newbie] changed hostname, bad result
>
>you shoul change the /etc/hosts file, and add line:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost [you_machine_name]
>
>this should fix the problem
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Noah Richards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:47 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [newbie] changed hostname, bad result
>
>
>I took the advice given me and changed my hostname using linuxconf. Now,
>when the system boots up, the logon manager (or whatever it is called) does
>not start. I can start x and kde, but when i start kde, the terminal says
>"cannot find own hostname: system is severely misconfigured". Any help (who
>
>know what they are talking about and won't give me advice that will
>"severely
>misconfigure" my system again) would be greatly appreciated.
>
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