localhost.localdomain & apache question

neozero62 · 11-30-2003, 03:27 PM

I am running RedHat 9 without X installed. I am wondering what file holds the host and domain names. Ex. right now it says <user>@localhost.localdomain. I would like to make it to use my registed domain name. NeoZero62@webserv.oasisone.org. I know this is done in a conf file, but I can not find it. Can anyone help me? Also, dose anyone know how to disable directory indexing in apache 2.0? Thanks for your time.
-Randy

dkaplowitz · 11-30-2003, 03:49 PM

well, if you're just running it locally, then as root, the command would be # hostname yourmachine.yourdomain.com .

To make that change permanent, go to /etc/sysconfig and modify "network" to have the same name as above.

If you want to have the rest of the world go to your domain, then you'll need to set up BIND/named ...which is a whole can of worms.

neozero62 · 11-30-2003, 04:05 PM

I have bind and everything setup, my webserver and name servers all work. I was just not able to find the conf file for this box. I think that localhost.localdomain is anoying, I would just like to change it. Thanks for the file path and command! Anyone know about apache?

neozero62 · 11-30-2003, 04:51 PM

Ahh, I changed my domain name, and restarted the box to see if the settings worked after a restart, and apache will not load now! How could the name change stop apache from loading? I tryed to start it manualy, but it said apache startup failed.