Hostname, Apache, and SSL

[xlargebear at bellsouth.net]

Thank you for your answer Mr. B1
I'm already running my website under that domain and it works without 
setting up bind. I'm behind a linksys router that points port 80 and 
443 to the box running apache.
Would I still need to set bind?
Froinds


On Mar 25, 2005, at 2:58 PM, B1 wrote:

> Well first of all Mr. Xlargebear,
>
> You need to edit your /etc/sysconf/network file and
> change hostname to what you'd like it to be.
>
> Your second and more laborious issue may be setting up
> bind and named to make your box a dns for your domain.
> Just setting the hostname as something.com won't allow
> me to point my browser to you and access your apache
> homepage. If you registered a domain name then you
> should edit your hosts file in the /etc/hosts location
> and add the name there, but this will only point you
> to your box not other computers from your intranet or
> THE internet..such as typing something.com in the
> browser on the LOCAL machine and getting your apache
> homepage.
>
> 3rd..you really would fair better with a static IP
> address and have it in your hosts file with your FQD
> and other aliases and in your zone file and named.conf
> if you want the world to have access to
> www.something.com
>
> if you have gnome then as root do;
>
> gedit /etc/sysconf/network
>
>          if kde then use kedit
>
> save that then do:
>
> service network restart
>
> All should be good...if not restart the box or restart
> the other processes that aren't using the new
> hostname. Try this first and just ignore everything
> else if that fixes your problem.
>
> If not then you need to scavenge the net for dns
> howto's...if they are too hairy for you then reply
> back with your concerns and I'll do my best to assist.
>
>
>
> --- xlargebear at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> Hi
>> I got an issue with the hostname of my machine not
>> sticking after
>> reboot. I'm trying to set up Apache with SSL and I
>> haven't gotten it to
>> work because of the hostname not matching the
>> CommonName in the SSL
>> certificate.
>> When I installed YDL4 I didn't have a domain name
>> back then so I set
>> the hostname to Linux. Now I have a domain name and
>> I'd like to change
>> the hostname. I did hostnam www.mydomain.com and it
>> shows as that when
>> you enter hostname in the terminal. However, when
>> apache starts with
>> SSL the hostname it picks up is Linux (the old one)
>> in spite of the
>> fact that hostname shows the new name. When I
>> restart after changing
>> the hostname, it goes back to the old one: Linux.
>> What am I missing here guys?
>> My machine is a Beige G3 266 booting with BootX ( I
>> don't know if this
>> is relevant )
>> Thanks
>> Froinds
>>
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