SOLVED: Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-17 Thread John W. Foster
Thanks to all of you that assisted. The tip about the odd leftover dns server at GoDaddy was the real culprit. Regardless, this list has once again proven to be the greatest asset of Debian Linux. Thanks john -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-17 Thread John W. Foster
> > Ran a few diagnostics (some of which have been reported by others already): > > 1. You definitely have to get your DNS records cleaned up. > > www.physicswiki.net > resolves to 184.168.221.5 > canonical name: physicswiki.net > NOT to 192.65.240.181 > > 184.168.221.5 reverse resolves to > i

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-17 Thread John W. Foster
On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 18:22 +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:02:49AM -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > > the site under construction is www.physicswiki.net > > the numerical address is 192.65.240.181 > > These two do not match up: A DNS lookup reveals this: > > karl@hawk

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
John, One more thought... if you continue to have problems, you might consider querying either the MediaWiki or Apache lists - sure, a lot of us here have set up web servers of various sorts, but specific expertise with MediaWiki and virtual hosts are probably easier to find on those lists.

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
John W. Foster wrote: the site under construction is www.physicswiki.net the numerical address is 192.65.240.181 the default 'sites-available file is ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName www.physicswiki.net ServerAlias quark.physicswiki.net Documen

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread Jochen Spieker
Hi John, please don't Cc people on the list unless they explicitly ask for it. Thanks. John W. Foster: > On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 10:02 -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > >> the site under construction is www.physicswiki.net >> the numerical address is 192.65.240.181 >> the default 'sites-available fil

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2013 11:39 AM, John W. Foster wrote: On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 10:02 -0500, John W. Foster wrote: the site under construction is www.physicswiki.net the numerical address is 192.65.240.181 the default 'sites-available file is ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName ww

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:02:49AM -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > the site under construction is www.physicswiki.net > the numerical address is 192.65.240.181 These two do not match up: A DNS lookup reveals this: karl@hawking:~$ host www.physicswiki.net www.physicswiki.net is an alias for physics

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread John W. Foster
On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 10:02 -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > the site under construction is www.physicswiki.net > the numerical address is 192.65.240.181 > the default 'sites-available file is > > > > > ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost > > > > ServerName www.physicswiki.net > > ServerA

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread John W. Foster
the site under construction is www.physicswiki.net the numerical address is 192.65.240.181 the default 'sites-available file is > > ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost > > ServerName www.physicswiki.net > ServerAlias quark.physicswiki.net > DocumentRoot /var/www >

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-16 Thread Jochen Spieker
John W. Foster: > > I simply use the "/sites-enabled/default" in apache2 to send web queries > to the VPS site. You probably need to set up "name based virtual hosting". I guess all you need to do is add an appropriate ServerName or ServerAlias to the default site. > Here is the issue. > When I t

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-15 Thread John W. Foster
On Tue, 2013-10-15 at 16:52 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Jesse Molina wrote: > > > > Sounds like your Apache config may not be correct. You should post > > the relavant portion. > > > > You need to elaborate on "It opens the startup page but will do > > nothing else.". What is a startup page

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-15 Thread John W. Foster
On Tue, 2013-10-15 at 19:56 +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > Hi > > I'll have a bite on this one... > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 01:50:46PM -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > > I have a web site established on a remote hosted VPS server system. > > I have full root access. > > I use Debian linux on

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-15 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jesse Molina wrote: Sounds like your Apache config may not be correct. You should post the relavant portion. You need to elaborate on "It opens the startup page but will do nothing else.". What is a startup page? Nobody but you knows what this means. On 10/15/13 11:50 AM, John W. Fost

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-15 Thread Jesse Molina
Sounds like your Apache config may not be correct. You should post the relavant portion. You need to elaborate on "It opens the startup page but will do nothing else.". What is a startup page? Nobody but you knows what this means. On 10/15/13 11:50 AM, John W. Foster wrote: I have a we

Re: Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-15 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi I'll have a bite on this one... On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 01:50:46PM -0500, John W. Foster wrote: > I have a web site established on a remote hosted VPS server system. > I have full root access. > I use Debian linux on my personal system (wheezy) & on the remotely > hosted site (squeeze). > I u

Question for you network/DNS/Apache gurus;

2013-10-15 Thread John W. Foster
I have a web site established on a remote hosted VPS server system. I have full root access. I use Debian linux on my personal system (wheezy) & on the remotely hosted site (squeeze). I use Godaddy as my domain registrar. I have the domain for the remotely hosted VPS site set up at Godaddy. I hav