Thanks Stephen, that fixed that error.
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Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 1:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [expert] Machine name on a network
Kevin Fife wrote:
>
> When linux tries to start httpd, it reports the following message:
>
> httpd: cannot determine local host name.
> Use the ServerName directive to set it manually.
> [FAILED]
Go to /etc/httpd/conf and add the server name to httpd.conf. Search
for the "ServerName" directive. That error messages may be a little
misleading because it implies Apache can get the server name by
itself. I have never had Apache start up unless I explicitly name the
server in httpd.conf.
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