Apache 2.4 not resolving host name's only IP's

Hello,

Our apache server is not resolving host names only ips. When i check the access.log it is denying entry for any host

for example i have set "Require host test1.internal.com.au" in the httpd.conf and the follow occurs
test1.internal.com.au denied

If i set the physical ip of test1.internal.com.au (192.168.3.23) in httpd.conf then there is no issue and test1 can access the machine.

any ideas anyone?

cheers

david

 

maybe you have HostnameLookups Off in your httpd.conf?

 

Hello krnl,

thanks for the reply. I have turned on HostnameLookups and it seems to be working although it is only resolve host names to a pc level e.g testpc.internal.com.au and testpc1.internal.com.au are being read as testpc and testpc1. Is there a way to get apache to read the full e.g "testpc1.internal.com.au"

 

Are you certain that your IP is resolving to testpc1? What does your apache access log say - testpc or testpc1?

 

Both computers when I access come up in the log as testpc and testpc1.

I want them to show up as testpc.internal.com.au and testpc1.internal.com.au as I want to restrict access to only internal.com.au

hope that makes sense?

 

Your /etc/host.conf file (assuming a redhat-based system) probably says the following

order hosts,bind

Code (markup):

So, when your server is resolving the IP's on your local network, it first looks at the /etc/hosts file, and if nothing is found there, it will query DNS to resolve the IP address. So, if you have entries in /etc/hosts that say testpc and testpc1, then that would indicate why they are resolving as they are.

 

Hello,

The apache server is windows 2008 and the clients are windows 7.

ill check the client host files. Is there any checks I need to do on the windows host?

regardsdv