I believe I have the apache config set to 'Listen 80'. I don't have access to the server right now so I'm not certain. I also didn't realize Squid was installed so I'll need to check on that.
I'm hoping I can convince the network administrator at the schools to give me either a static IP or put an entry for the 'schoolserver' in DNS. Thanks again for the help. I'll keep you updated on my progress. David On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 21:41 -0500, Yannick Warnier wrote: > > Hi David, > > > > For once, I think I can help on this list :-) > > > > I didn't have time to finish it, but I was actually writing a > > documentation explaining the whole stuff and how to "unlock" your web > > server. > > > > For some reason (not explained by the author, neither that I understand > > as of yet), the configuration of the web server (which you should be > > able to find in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd-xs.conf) restricts the "Listen" > > address to: > > Listen 172.18.0.1:80 > > and/or > > Listen 127.0.0.1:80 > > > > Just comment those lines (with a # prefix) and add > > Listen 80 > > > > Then reload httpd > > /etc/init.d/httpd restart > > > > and your webserver should start responding from other machines. > > > > Now, this might not be the case for you (I'm using the home-modified > > Peruvian version) but it might also be the case that your virtual hosts > > are configured somehow, somewhere (in the applications installed), to > > only respond correctly when called as "http://schoolserver/";. If this is > > the case, then you would have to add the IP address and that name in > > the /etc/hosts file of the clients. Something like > > > > 187.12.15.183 schoolserver > > > > So you want to hand edit a whole pile of machines? Try that with 20+ XOs > and you'll get bored fast. There is a better way in nss-mdns and avahi. > > Jerry > > > > I think that would do it. Please let me know if it worked, because as I > > was going mad about this, I started modifying files without taking > > backups and now I'm not sure which was the initial state (and didn't > > have time yet to reinstall from scratch). > > > > Just as additional information: although there might be a Squid > > configuration there, it doesn't seem to be blocking anything *entering* > > the server, so the unavailability of the web server doesn't come from > > there (this will save you a few gray hairs). > > > > And while I'm at it, servers like that, distributed into the wild, > > should really use a more orderly distribution than Fedora. The way this > > server has been configured transpires a bit of lack of love. I'm not > > offering myself to do it, but I wanted to leave my opinion here (just in > > case many would agree). > > > > Cheers, > > > > Yannick Warnier > > > > > > Le lundi 15 octobre 2012 à 20:37 -0500, David Kanenwisher a écrit : > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm trying to get the 0.7 of the school server to work on a laptop > > > that needs to be taken to different schools which already have an > > > existing network. I don't want to run the network setup tool since I'm > > > concerned enabling DHCP and DNS will cause trouble on the school's > > > network. Sadly, though not running the setup seems to have made the > > > HTTP server unreachable and I'm stumped as to why. > > > > > > I set the hostname of the server to the IP address assigned to the > > > server by the router via DHCP and configured Apache to listen on all > > > interfaces. When I run netstat I can see Apache is listening on all > > > interfaces on port 80, as configured. I can use wget on the server to > > > retrieve the webpage at localhost, 127.0.0.1 and the IP address given > > > by DHCP. When I try to wget or telnet to the server from another PC I > > > get a message that the host is unreachable even though, using tcpdump, > > > I can see packets arriving on the server. Also, I can ssh to the > > > server from another PC. > > > > > > I feel like I'm missing something obvious and was reluctant for quite > > > a while to message the list. I figured I must be close! The solution > > > just around the corner, but I realize now that I'm stumped. > > > > > > Any help would be much appreciated or if you need anymore info I'd be > > > glad to get it. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > David Kanenwisher > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Server-devel mailing list > > > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Server-devel mailing list > > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > >
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