On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:49:35 +0100 PR <prooroa@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
thanks Zentera, that worked. should I run dns for etc/hosts or do I make my self foolish now...
/etc/hosts is used as a "local dns" while your system boots, if no dns server is going, or if you don't have one. It's mostly used just to identify hosts on your local net. You could move up to your own dns server if you want, but that is a big step.
furthermore: I have due to my ISP a non-fixed Ip-address still by setting a time switch to 999999 I can keep an address for quite some time. what alterations do I have to make to make the apache approachable from the outside world? piet
Well you could try to set your servername in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf to the ip-address you have at the time. Then you would need to change the firewall config to add FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="80" Then people from the internet should be able to reach your machine's webserver, if they enter the ip number; like http://208.123.456 (or whatever number you have at the time). I don't see how you could use a dns name, but the raw number should find it's way to your machine. You probably could make a script to do the editing of the httpd.conf and restarting apache automatically I'm not sure if your ISP can block port 80 traffic coming in, but that might be a problem. Most ISP's don't like you operating servers from a dialup account. Are you on cable or asdl? -- $|=1;while(1){print pack("h*",'75861647f302d4560275f6272797f3');sleep(1); for(1..16){for(8,32,8,7){print chr($_);}select(undef,undef,undef,.05);}}