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Setting up an Apache web server
flap:
But is that actually your domain name? I'm guessing not. What you put in your hosts file only affects name resolution on that machine i.e. if you have laukev7.(...) specified as being 192.168.whatever on one machine, the other machines on the network have no knowledge of the name laukev7.(...). You need to either run a dns server to allow the other machines to resolve names, or more simply just add the relevant lines to the host files on your other machine(s).
Laukev7:
quote:Originally posted by flap:
But is that actually your domain name? I'm guessing not. What you put in your hosts file only affects name resolution on that machine i.e. if you have [edited] specified as being 192.168.whatever on one machine, the other machines on the network have no knowledge of the name [edited]. You need to either run a dns server to allow the other machines to resolve names, or more simply just add the relevant lines to the host files on your other machine(s).
[ September 01, 2003: Message edited by: flap ]
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I had understood that the other computers do not know about the domain name, for the reasons you just explained. However, I do not know how to configure a DNS server, which, from my understanding, I will need to do, if I want my domain name to be broadcast outside of my network.
Sime said he would help me set up a proper server. I need to determine with my dad how we are going to arrange our network in consequence.
Thank you for your help. I will come back here if I have more questions.
Faust:
quote:Also, NOT WISE to broadcast your IP. As Macs do not have dynamic IPs . . .
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??? confused...
Surely to go on an ISP they do actually have dynamic IP working? and as it's a bsd base DHCPD should work just dandy... Is there something Im missing here?
Of course for it to work as a server the IP will have to be stableish, but thats the same with any server, not just Macs.
Laukev7:
Quick question, before I install FreeBSD on the actual server (not my own computer): How much space should I allocate to the /var partition? Usually, I use the default partition scheme for my FreeBSD slice, but I realised that I will probably need more space to store my web pages.
[ September 01, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7: Defender of Canada ]
flap:
You don't have to put your webpages in /var
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