Apache, Virtual Hosts, Linux hosts file

[Stephen]

Zbigniew Koziol wrote:

> Stephen wrote:
>
>> I have a Linux box (Mandrake 10.1) running Apache 2.0.
>>
>> I am using it for testing of PHP-MySQL  scripts.
>>
>> I have it working, but I had to map the virtual urls to the Linux 
>> box's ip address in the Linux hosts file.
>>
>> I am using a web browser on another machine on my network. If I do 
>> not have the entries in the Linux box's hosts file, I get the default 
>> Apache welcome page.
>>
>> I am not using DNS, just entries in the hosts file on the machine I 
>> am running the browser on.
>>
>> Why do I need the entry in the Linux box's hosts file? I am 
>> considering the possibility that I have a configuration problem. She 
>> not the entry in the VHosts.conf file for the virtual hosts be 
>> sufficient?
>
>
> How your browser is supposed to know otherwise where to send request 
> if you do not use DNS entries?
>
>> I am not trying to use a browser on the Linux box!
>
>
>
> So, windows, heh?

OS/2 actually. But I will test on Windows as well when the time is right.
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