just got domain name, where from here?

[wurmy]

ok very new here. my main purpose is to set up my machine (mandrake 7.2 on a second hdd) as a web/email server just for a learning experience. not worried about the email part at this point, just setting up my system so that i can run my own webpage, nothing special. i went to dhs.org and got a free name: wurmy.dhs.org. i pointed it to my ip (which i got from winipconfig in windows - on my master hdd). unfortunately all i have is a redhat linux book (from a previous unsucessful install) and the screens are too different to be of any help. i basically i have no idea what to do in linux from here to get my domain name and linux working together.
any help would be appreciated.

wurmy

[goozey]

linuxconfig... or networkconfig (which is available under linuxconfig)... to set your machine up...

then in your Apache httpd.conf files, fill in accordingly. you can also access the basic configuration of this file through linuxconfig.

now I'm sure there are otherways... but this should get your machine answering requests from the outside.

[wurmy]

ok i've gone into linuxconfig and then into networking, but i just don't know what to do from there. i treid the directions from the redhat book but like i said, the screens are different so i kind of guessed. ok i'll go into some details here, open up linuxconfig, then i click on networking. then i get these buttons: host name and IP, name server specifications (DNS), routing and gateways, host name search path, NIS, IPX, PPP.if i go into Hostname and IP there is a box that says "host name + domain". do i need to specify a value there? would it be the domain name?
it's this simple information that i am still learning so i'm not sure what i need to do when i get into linuxconfig. heh..am i green enough for ya? :-)

[goozey]

ok... linuxconfig hasn't changed that much if at all. anyways, there should be a 'help' button on each 'page' that is content sensitive.

Basic Host INfo: Host name tab... hostname + domain field: wurmy.dhs.org

then click Adaptor 1 tab: primary + domain: wurmy.dhs.org, ipaddress... your IP, netmask... 255.255.255.224 - or whatever it is (this is all for manual -ie: hardcoded IP's), if it's for DHCP... another story.

Name servers, are your name servers... and so forth. If it's greek, probably doesn't need to be there... again, click the Help button and it walks you through field by field.

enough to get going?