On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 09:49 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: > Bob Hartung wrote: > > Hi all, > > I get the above error when (all machines on same private network): > > I try to access the server from the remote client by ip address; > > e.g. http://xxx.xxx.xx.xx. > > With an entry into the client host file I can access the server > > with http://rwheserv1 without any problem. > > > > On the server, I can http://localhost okay but cannot http://127.0.0.1 > > > > I changed httpd.conf to include: > > NameServer xxx.xxx.xx.xx > > UseCanonicalName On > > > > All firewalls have been turned off. > > > > The result is the same. It is pretty obvious I am missing one point > > but darned if I can find the directive that I have failed to set. > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > Bob > > > > The standard configuration works for me. > links http://127.0.0.1/ > sudo service httpd start > links http://127.0.0.1/ > links http://localhost/ > [summer@potoroo ~]$ > > the first got connection refused; not surprising as I've not used that > webserver. > The last two links commands both produced the expected page. ---- sure seems as though OP's issue is that the top 3 lines of /etc/hosts are different from... $ head -n 3 /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost as if someone edited this information and it's causing a problem Craig
