Neil, Here are the results of Barry's suggestions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] michael]# /sbin/ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:29:xx:A8:xx inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xx94 Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xx95 Mask:255.255.255.224 inet6 addr: xx80::201:29xx:xxx4:xxxx/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2803 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3067636 (2.9 MiB) TX bytes:603692 (589.5 KiB) Interrupt:11 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:1852 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1852 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:2803753 (2.6 MiB) TX bytes:2803753 (2.6 MiB) [EMAIL PROTECTED] michael]# telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80 Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx... telnet: connect to address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: Connection refused telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused My question is How do you bind Ip address to a host? How do I resolve DNS host name configuration in Apache? Also I am a newbie, I just barely have a "working" knowledge of Linux from a Unix class I take at school. Thanks, Michael ----------------------------------------> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:27:11 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: kplug-newbie@kernel-panic.org> Subject: RE: httpd wont start>>> Michael Lynch wrote:>>>> Jim,>>>> Just for kicks I tried a different ip and it gave me the same error message.>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] sbin]# ./apachectl graceful>> httpd not running, trying to start>> (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address>> xxx.xxx.xxx.x94:80>> no listening sockets available, shutting down>> Unable to open logs>> There are two things that will cause Apache to not start. One is binding to an> IP address that is not configured on the host. The other is DNS that cannot> resolve the host name configured in Apache.>> This is probably a better topic for the kplug-list than for kplug-newbie,> since Apache is not a beginners topic.>> YMMV>> --> Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net> http://www.paccomp.com> Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D>> When I was a boy I was told that anyone could grow up to be president. Now I'm> beginning to believe it. -- Clarence Darrow>>> --> KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org> http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie -- KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie