update on + ?: /etc/apache/httpd.conf + Re:/etc/hosts

[Max Blanco]

Hi Fraser/Maddison,

Thanks for your answers.

I had had two ip entries in my /etc/hosts file on my local subnet machine.
While resolveip worked fine, ping did not;  the second/aliased address 
returned "Network unreachable".

I then went with Fraser's suggestion, appended below, in which he suggests 
that aliases all be grouped together on the same /etc/hosts line.
That worked, which allowed me to test multiple apache httpd virtual host 
addresses.

I want to note this because the documentation at 
httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts does not mention this at all. 

Does this make sense to linux, or have I crossed wires unwittingly? 
(vhosts + /etc/hosts)

cheers,
max.



On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Fraser Campbell wrote:

> On Thursday 14 August 2003 14:00, Max Blanco wrote:
> 
> > I wonder what will be the effect if I have two entries in the /etc/hosts
> > file for the same machine?
> >
> > 192.168.1.9	johannes	johaness.blanco.org
> > 192.168.1.9	geeklog		geeklog.net
> >
> > Is this kosher?
> 
> If it works, it works but it would probably be more correct (according to my 
> reading of the manpage) to do thsi:
> 
> 192.168.1.9	johaness.blanco.org johannes geeklog geeklog.net
> 
> That is this:
> 
> 	IP 	CANONICAL_NAME		ALIASES
> 
> Regards
> 

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