Apache 2.0.50

Hi

I'm new to Linux and I am trying to set up a web server on a local network.

I have Windows XP pro on one box and have just installed Fedora 3,
PostgreSQL and Apache on another. The Linux applications appear to be up and
working, however, when I try to access Index.htm (I have a Index.htm and a
Index.html in the document root) through IE 6, I get the message "Web page
you requested is not available offline". I get the same message if I change
the sites name to "localhost"

Not having a DNS server I have added the sites details to the Hosts file.
When you go into the command prompt window in XP and ping the the sites
address or name I get a successful response. I have set static addresses for
both machines.

I have checked Apache's log files and there is no error or access log
entries.

I have set the permissions (755) to the Document root to allow access and I
would assume that I would get "403 forbidden" message if they were
incorrect.

Anybody have any suggestions to resolve this?

Geoff Blake wrote:

"Web page
> you requested is not available offline". I get the same message if I change

That looks like a microshit message: it hasn't even tried to contact the
machine apache is running on. Best fix: dump windows and install
something less confusing and counterintuitive.

--
Nick Kew

Nick Kew wrote:
>>you requested is not available offline". I get the same message if I change
> That looks like a microshit message: it hasn't even tried to contact the
> machine apache is running on. Best fix: dump windows and install
> something less confusing and counterintuitive.
>

Well, that would behave on any linux too if you inside mozilla set the
'Work offline' to on. Thought it has nothing to do with the OS.

I would suggest that user uncheck the 'Work offline' flag in the
browser. But I may be wrong ;)

Regards,
Mladen.

Mladen Turk wrote:
> Nick Kew wrote:
>
>>> you requested is not available offline". I get the same message if I
>>> change
>>
>> That looks like a microshit message: it hasn't even tried to contact the
>> machine apache is running on. Best fix: dump windows and install
>> something less confusing and counterintuitive.
>>
>
> Well, that would behave on any linux too if you inside mozilla set the
> 'Work offline' to on. Thought it has nothing to do with the OS.

Hmmm, I'd never noticed that in any *X browser. Neither when I've been
on dialup (and mostly offline) nor on ADSL (permanently online).
I guess that must be because it doesn't go around making inappropriate
settings behind my back.

That message under windows is always a pain. Unless you can tell me
how to get rid of it without invoking a dialup connection, and tell
it not to come back?

--
Nick Kew