On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 03:25 -0600, Bob Hartung wrote: > 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 Did you change the configuration file to try and fix this problem, or did the problem occur after you changed it? You might want to post us the entire configuration file. > to include: > NameServer xxx.xxx.xx.xx To be sure, did you really type in "Nameserver" rather than "ServerName"? And what was the address after it, "127.0.0.1"? > UseCanonicalName On In this case, hostname and IP must resolve against each other, or you'll get strange problems. Usually, things will work fine without any ServerName declaration, and with "UseCanonicalName Off". > 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. As someone else said, what's your /etc/hosts file like? I'm not using FC8, but I'd heard a similar tale about someone using FC7 or FC6 (I can't remember which, now). They had an issue with their hosts file not being what's considered normal. It should start like this, without any other host or domain names on those two lines, and can have *other* addresses, as well, separately. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 Just don't have conflicting duplicates. i.e. Don't have the same hostname referring to two different IPs, or vice versa. Read "man hosts" to understand how the file's used. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
