proper way to setup laptop with apache22

[Glen Barber]

On 9/4/10 6:34 PM, Glen Barber wrote:
> On 9/4/10 5:59 PM, Jim Pazarena wrote:
>> I'm setting up a laptop with apache, just to play, basically.
>>
>> But apache doesn't like the fact that it can't resolve the
>> lappy's hostname to an IP number and it will not load. The laptop
>> gets its IP # via DHCP so it changes at various locations.
>>
>> I could use the localhost name & IP #, which should work.
>>
>> My laptop is named 'laptop' (laptop.mydomain.com)
>>
>> Is there a way to have the system utilize it's assigned IP #?
>> Or do I have to change my apache config to "localhost" ?
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You can enter (assuming 'lappy' is the hostname):
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost lappy
> 
> in /etc/hosts and set the ListenAddress directive in Apache to bind to
> that IP.
> 

Oops.  Listen 127.0.0.1:80

Too much SSH config-ing for me lately. :)

-- 
Glen Barber