pretty sure i found out what is happening, i don't know how to fix it.
i opened the httpd.conf file in /etc/httpd/conf and looking through i see a section titled:
# Aliases for primary web site and virtual domains (generated
# automatically by e-smith management software).
this has a section for localhost 127.0.0.1 that looks right
a section for my LAN 192.168.0.1 (it is working for my internal users) that looks right
the third section is for the outside world? right?
NameVirtualHost 119.214.40.69
well since i am on dhcp to the internet, my server (external, internet) ip changes randomly, so last week when it was working, my ip was 119.214.40.69, now it is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, so effectively, i have no virtual host section for my working ip.
how do i fix it? when is this ip loaded into httpd.conf?
the beginning of the file says:
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It is updated automatically by the
# e-smith server and gateway software. Instead, modify the source
# template in the /etc/e-smith/templates directory. For more
i guess i will look through the templates to see where the ip is pulled from
is this going to be a problem everytime i change ip's? or should the ip not really be in that file at all?