> -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2005 17:12 > To: users@httpd.apache.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking problem? > > > Thank you, all, for trying to help me. > > I tried http://(ipaddress)/example.html on my Windows > PC, but still could not get example.html from my Linux > machine running Apache web server. > > I also did: > > - modified /etc/hosts on the Linux machine to have the > entry for my Windows PC
The problem is the other way around - the windows PC needs to be able to resolve the machine name of the Linux machine (see Hosts file). > > - ping from Linux to Windows using hostname without a > problem Ping from Windows to Linux? If this don't work, http://(ipaddress)/example.html never will from PC. > > - checked /etc/resolv.conf on Linux, it has a valid > DNS nameserver > > - deleted "service http" entry in /etc/xinetd.conf in > Linux > > but still not working. > > On the Linux machine, I could do > file://hostname/example.html > > but I could not do > http://hostname/example.html > it says "Not Found. The requested URL /example.html > was not found on this server. Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) > Server at (hostname) Port 80" Excellent! The webserver is working and you can access it! It's just that it can't find the file. Try plain old: http://hostname/ (which will deliver your DirectoryIndex file (you do have one, don't you?) Do you understand the relationship between URL and DocumentRoot? If you do, then request a file that you are sure exists in the docroot. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > Thank you again. > Joe > > --- Dan Trainor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Joseph Lee wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to run Apache web server on my Redhat > > > Linux machine. I just installed and configured > > Apache > > > httpd-2.0.54, and entered "http://localhost"; on my > > > browser (Mozilla). I was able to see "If you can > > see > > > this, it means the installation ... was > > successful." > > > > > > However, when I went to another machine (a PC), > > and > > > entered http://(myhostname)/example.html, I could > > not > > > display the file on the PC. It just kept > > > processing.... > > > > > > I have modified /etc/xinetd.conf to include > > "service > > > http", and modified /etc/hosts.allow to add "http > > > myPCIPaddress", but it did not help. > > > > > > I think it's networking problem, but I don't know > > what > > > else to do. (I can ping from PC to Linux). > > > > > > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Joe > > > > > > > (yourhostname) does not exist in DNS, apparently. > > If he's on a Windows > > machine, he needs to edit lmhosts and "fake" it. If > > he's in Linux, you > > can modify /etc/hosts and designate that shorthand > > hostname to an IP, > > which would work. > > > > Either that, or modify an existing local DNS server, > > if you're really > > serious about it ;) > > > > Thanks > > -dant > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the > > Apache HTTP Server Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > > more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > " from the digest: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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