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Re: Apache Question -- More Information



On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 19:33, Nate Reindl wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 07:19:57PM -0500, Tim McDonough wrote:
> > Unable to find IPv4 address of "merlin.localdomain".
> > 
> > merlin is the name I've given to the machine.
> 
> Add this to /etc/hosts:
> HOSTIP	merlin.localdomain	merlin
> 
> Replace HOSTIP with one of the IP addresses that the machine posesses.

Then make sure /etc/nsswitch.conf contains a line entry that reads:

hosts:	files dns

  and not

hosts:  db files nisplus nis dns

which will take _forever_ to resolve.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL




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