The default apache has the httpd.conf at /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
The redhat version has it at : /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf...
so make sure u are changing the right files for the right apache versions..
hth,
Arni
---- Original Message -----
From: Mike Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 4:00 PM
Subject: httpd cannot determine local host name on startup
> I'm having a strange problem on startup:
>
> When the machine gets to the line output to the screen which says
"Starting
> sendmail:" it sits and grinds for a verrry long time. Then it moves on
with
> the remark "httpd cannot determine local host name, use ServerName
directive."
>
> I've tried without success to figure out what the "ServerName directive"
is.
> Neither man ServerName or apropos ServerName comes up with anything.
>
> Once the machine is fully booted, I (as su) go to the directory where I've
> installed Apache (my own installation in a directory which emulates that
at my
> ISP, not the Redhat default) and use ./apachectl start httpd to start
Apache
> without any difficulty.
>
> By the way, sendmail seems to work just fine.
>
> Suggested solutions?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mike Green
>
> P.S. I have Redhat 6.2 installed on a Pentium 90. This is an upgrade
> installation done over a Redhat 5.1 installation. I'm only able to use
this
> system sporadically, not having had time to devote to really
> learning it well enough to make it an effective tool for me. I've done
quite a
> bit of hacking about trying to make this or that work; and I know I've
messed up
> a number of bits of the configuration, without knowing which, or how to
fix
> them.
>
>
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