Answers to Chapter Review Questions

     

A1:	The first line of /etc/resolv.conf should read " domain foo.bar.com ". The word " domainname " is wrong. Alternately, the line in httpd.conf could be configured to say, " allow from all ".
A2:	Filename = http.conf. Directive = DirectoryIndex
A3:	System administration tools come with their own Web server because they do not want to make the assumption that a Web server has previously been installed on the target machine. Even if there were an existing Web server, it would be ill-advised to add configuration information to an existing Web site configuration in case it caused disruption to the normal functioning of the current Web server. Having a separate Web server and configuration file provides the convenience of a Web interface and the ease of management of a separate configuration file.
A4:	The httpd.conf file uses a directive called DocumentRoot that is the root of all the documents for this particular httpd daemon.
A5:	First, Depending on the version of the httpd daemon I was running, I would check that the changes are valid using one of the following: # apachectl configtest OR: # httpd t Either command will test the configuration file for syntactical correctness. I would then restart the httpd daemon using the command: # apachectl restart