troubleshooting network settings

[Jorn Argelo]

Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> On 30/05/2006, at 10:29 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
>
>> Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
>>>> Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
>>> Running that command returns this:
>>> ifconfig: -inet: bad value
>>
>>
>> Bah!  I'm on the road too much lately.  No "dash"
>> before "inet" ...
>
> here's the output
>
[snip]
>
> [Tue May 30 22:43:26 2006] [info] Init: Seeding PRNG with 136 bytes of 
> entropy
> [Tue May 30 22:43:26 2006] [info] Init: Generating temporary RSA 
> private keys (512/1024 bits)
> [Tue May 30 22:43:26 2006] [info] Init: Generating temporary DH 
> parameters (512/1024 bits)
> [Tue May 30 22:43:26 2006] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not 
> configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
> [Tue May 30 22:43:26 2006] [info] Init: Initializing (virtual) servers 
> for SSL
> [Tue May 30 22:43:26 2006] [info] Server: Apache/2.2.2, 
> Interface:mod_ssl/2.2.2, Library: OpenSSL/0.9.7e-p1
> [Tue May 30 22:43:51 2006] [alert] (EAI 8)hostname nor servname 
> provided, or not known: mod_unique_id: unable to find IPv4 address of 
> "bsd-box."
> Configuration Failed
There we have it. Apache is unable to resolve "bsd-box". This hostname 
should be resolvable, otherwise Apache will not work. Adding it to 
/etc/hosts is the easiest way:

192.168.1.104          bsd-box bsd-box.yourdomain.com

Jorn