Apache config error log

[Kjell Midtseter]

On 17 Jun 2004 at 0:29, Lee Ellis wrote:

> The error log is as follows:
> ############################
> [Sun Jun 13 18:18:32 2004] [alert] mod_unique_id: getaddrinfo failed
> for "Ginger.Osoleon" (hostname nor servname provided, or not known)

> [Mon Jun 14 04:53:41 2004] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to
> gethostbyname("Ginger.Osoleon") [Tue Jun 15 17:19:21 2004] [alert]
> mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("Ginger.Osoleon") [Tue Jun 15
> 17:23:58 2004] [alert] mod_unique_id: unable to
> gethostbyname("Ginger.Osoleon") [Tue Jun 15 17:28:40 2004] [alert]
> mod_unique_id: unable to gethostbyname("Ginger.Osoleon") [Tue Jun 15

Seems like the ServerName you selected is unknown to the DNS system. 
Maybe the answer to your question is in the comments to the ServerName definition in 
httpd.conf
>  # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
Otherwise if you prefer to use your "invented" host name, you may try to set up a local 
DNS server that will resolve it for you.
- Kjell