Hi Guys,

This is my first thread in this forum.

I have a little question.

I installed Redhat7.3 with htppd and mysql and postgresql, on one of machine in my office LAN. if i am trying to access 196.198.0.1/test/test.htm it is working well on the same machine, i means where i installed the Redhat. but when i am trying to access the same URL in diffrent windows machine i am getting the message :

localhost.localdomain could not be found please check the name and try again.

Yours reply will be vey high appriciation.

Thank You
abdul

You might want to check the windows hosts file. localhost.localdomain should refer to 127.0.0.1.

Hi,

Can you tell me where i can find the windows hosts file. and what will be the configuration?

i am so sorry because i am new in linux box.

Thank You

Hi Pros,

I do have the same problem too. I can access test page from the PC where I install Red hat 9.0, but can't from another windows PC on the same LAN. All PCs are connect to linksys router, and forwardind port 80 for the apache webserver PC. Please help. Thanks.

It depends on which windows you are using.

For NT it will be at C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

For XP C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS

For windows 98, it is in C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS

The localhost entry should look like:
127.0.0.1 localhost

You can add an alias at the end:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain

Your entry may have an alias added that is the name of your linux box.
If your linux box uses a static address you could add an entry for it in the hosts file. If it uses DHCP, then there shouldn't be any reference to the linux hostname in either the hosts or lmhosts file. The LMHOSTS file is in the same directory as the HOSTS file.


One sidenote: This is a technique used to block access to a computer. By having the website name defined as localhost, the computer will use the localhost (itself) address instead of getting the IP address from the DNS server.

HI,

Still no success i changed the following in windows 2000 host file.
BTW, my linux box having static IP (10.0.0.151)


# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
# For example:
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
#127.0.0.1 localhost
#10.0.0.151 localhost localhost.localdomain
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain


Thank You

Change the line
#10.0.0.151 localhost localhost.localdomain
To
10.0.0.151 <hostname of linux box>

You may need to run through the tcp/ip setup on your linux box. The localhost address refers to the loopback device on the same host.