[Bug 686044] Re: default httpd.conf (blank) causes server name error

[Clint Byrum]

Hi Greg, thanks for taking the time to file this bug report and help us
make Ubuntu better.

That error message only occurs when apache fails to do a reverse lookup
on the IP its listening on (which is, by default, 0.0.0.0), and then
also the system's configured hostname is not a FQDN that is forward-
resolvable to an IP. That may sound arbitrary, but essentially it wants
the ServerName to be something addressable by clients, so localhost
isn't good enough, it wants a FQDN.

So, users can avoid this message, and have your system configured
better, by setting your hostname to a resolvable FQDN, meaning a
hostname with a full domain name attached.

The problem with setting the default to ServerName localhost, is that
this will override the setting for people who have set their hostname to
an FQDN, which is a good idea for a number of other reasons. So that
would cause a regression.

I don't see any actual bug or feature request here that is solvable
without compromising other functionality in Apache, so I am going to
close this as Invalid.

** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  default httpd.conf (blank) causes server name error