How do you set up phpbb using ubuntu server 8.04 trying to set up forums using PHPBB My set up is as follows. -have three websites on the same server -would like to have an independent forum for each site. Have followed this : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/phpbb. If I type www.site1.com/phpbb www.site2.com/phpbb www.site3.com/phpbb Doesnt work BUT if I type 172.16.2.4/phpbb = it does work So how to install and configure phpbb on ubuntu server using CLI thanks
The 172 network range is reserved for private networks that operate behind a hardware firewall. So I am going to guess you trying to set this server and website up on a private network?? You have not configured a DNS server that is behind your firewall to resolve the names to an ip address. If you are going to be running a webserver on your own private network, you need to have your own DNS server behind the firewall as well. Then, each computer will need the DNS server IP address added to its ip configuration. After you have the dns server set up, reconfigure the DHCP server to give the client computers the new DNS servers IP address. Be sure to include external and internal dns server ip addresses or client computers will not be able to connect to the internet, unless you have configured the dns server to query an external dns master server. Another option, you can edit the LMhost file on your computer to resolve the name for you. This would be a quick and easy fix, but its not flexible for large networks. Here is information on how to edit the LMhost file on a windows computer - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180094 Or just google for LMhost file.