Re: [cobalt-developers] DNS error

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: 23 Jan 2002 09:55:25 -0500
> From: Matthew Nuzum <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Looking in my /var/logs/httpd/errors I noticed a lot of dead apache
> children.  It was these dying apache process that were causing the exact
> error that you are talking about.
> 
> Because the apache process died before a header was being sent to the
> browser, IE was getting no response and therefore issued a DNS error. 
> In Netscape, I simply got the error, "The Document Contained No Data."

If the server dies, Lynx will report something like "network
connection reset", then exit.  I forget the exact message, but
you might consider using it as opposed to poring over logfiles.

You can also telnet to port 80 and manually enter an HTTP request
if you're so inclined.  I usually use Lynx, but do many a manual
request.

> So if you are getting DNS errors sporadically, check your Apache error
> log.  I think you'll need to be root to do that.

One can direct that site's logs to a file accessible by user of
your choice.  We give customers logfile access.


Eddy

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