[ale] httpd stopped working

[Fulton Green]

Am Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 10:58:59PM -0400, schrieb Scott Nolde:
> I've changed my network around some and changed my home LAN IP
> addresses.  Allsystems work except httpd on boot.
> 
> What configuration file am I missing?  I was previously using a ppp link
> to connect but now I connect through eth0 interface via a cablemodem.
> 
> Here's the error message:
> [root /etc/httpd/conf] httpd start
> httpd: cannot determine local host name.
> Use the ServerName directive to set it manually.
> [root /etc/httpd/conf] 

Try doing a "host `hostname`" and see if anything's askew. Also check the
value of /etc/HOSTNAME and compare it to the result of the "hostname" cmd. I
get that message as well whenever my cable modem doesn't pull down DHCP
config info successfully.