Webserver not working properly

[eric1]

Hi,
I'm currently running RedHat 8.0 and am having an issue with people reaching the site. This server is running my dns and according to dnsreport.com everything is set properly. When i'm logged in as root the website is visible to the outside and anyone can reach it, but when i logout the site become inaccessible. I hate leaving the box logged in as root and need some advice or some ideas on what may be causing this problem.

Thanks,

Eric

[saithan]

not sure, but......

make sure that apache is set to run at boot.

in the terminal type:
serviceconf

in the apache config files make sure the user running apache is "apache" or "nobody".
redhat in the past defaults the running user as "apache".

I'm not sure of any changes made from redhat 7.x to 8.0, but hope this helps.

[posw2ksocks]

When you're logged in as root how do you know people can access your site? I mean do you have someone try it while you are logged on? Have you verified that it is available when you are logged on by someone else checking on a different comp? You being logged on shouldn't have anything to do with your server being accessible to others. What I suspect is whenever you logg off, your server daemon or dns is killed. This is a silly question but I'm going to ask it anyway...when you say log off, you don't mean shutdown do ya?

[eric1]

Ok, problem resolved. It turns out that the dns and apache services were running correctly and that logging out was not an issue. The real problem was with my internet provider and the changes they were making at that time. I checked my router and found that my ip address had been changed from a 68.x.x.x to 24.x.x.x scheme. This must have been going on during my testing of the site. Anyway, had to change my dns settings on the linux box and again with Verisign. Once the changes were replicated on the root dns servers the problem disappeared.

Thanks again guys,

Eric