hosts file

eoghan freebsd at redry.net
Wed Mar 15 20:37:16 UTC 2006


Derek Ragona wrote:
 > Well, your resolv.conf points to 192.168.1.1, what is at that address?
 > Do you have any other DNS issues?
 >
 > Can you ping localhost, or 127.0.0.1?
 >
 > Is named running?
 >
 >         -Derek

Hi
192.168.1.1 is my router address.
How can i check if named is running?
There is no reference to named_enable in my rc.conf
When i try ping 127.0.0.1 i get:
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
Thanks

 > At 02:14 PM 3/15/2006, eoghan wrote:
 >> Derek Ragona wrote:
 >>> Sorry, my mistake.  Check:
 >>> /etc/nsswitch.conf
 >>> You should the line:
 >>> hosts: files dns
 >>> With the files listed first
 >>>         -Derek
 >>
 >> Hi
 >> yes that is in my nsswitch.conf:
 >> hosts: files dns
 >> any other ideas?
 >>
 >>> At 01:56 PM 3/15/2006, eoghan wrote:
 >>>> Derek Ragona wrote:
 >>>>> Check your resolv.conf, should have files first.
 >>>>>         -Derek
 >>>>
 >>>> resolve.conf reads
 >>>> nameserver 192.168.1.1
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>> At 01:44 PM 3/15/2006, eoghan wrote:
 >>>>>> Steve Bertrand wrote:
 >>>>>>>> Yes, mine reads:
 >>>>>>>> ::1             localhost nathaniel
 >>>>>>>> 127.0.0.1       localhost nathaniel
 >>>>>>>> Upon starting apache, i can only get to it by using the ip.
 >>>>>>>> 127.0.0.1 wont work either. I just get the unable to connect
 >>>>>>>> message from the browser. Any ideas?
 >>>>>>> Under the Listen directive in your httpd.conf file, are you binding
 >>>>>>> Apache to a single IP?
 >>>>>>> Mine reads:
 >>>>>>> Listen 80
 >>>>>>> Which means listen on port 80 on all IP's. If you have an entry
 >>>>>>> as such:
 >>>>>>> Listen 123.456.789.111:80
 >>>>>>> It will listen on port 80 on ONLY that IP, and ignore all other
 >>>>>>> requests, including localhost/127.0.0.1.
 >>>>>>> Regards,
 >>>>>>> Steve
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> Hi
 >>>>>> Yep, its:
 >>>>>> Listen 80
 >>>>>> and
 >>>>>> ServerName localhost
 >>>>>> Where do i get the text from the boot? Im getting some weird
 >>>>>> Network is unreachable messages in here that may have something to
 >>>>>> do with it?
 >>>>>> Eoghan
 >>



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