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I am new to web servers, so please bear with me.

I want to run some CGI scripts on my Linux 1.2.13 system.
I have Netscape Navigator 3.01 Gold for Linux
I have Apache 1.1.1 for Linux (binary distribution)
I have a Pentium PC

(1) Is it necessary to have a web server to execute CGI scripts?
(2) If so:  I installed the abovenamed Apache server on my Linux system
and got it to run with a few modifications to the config files.  I ran
'top' and could see the 5 servers running.  I copied a sample HTML file
to the directory where Apache would look for such a file.  I tried to
access that HTML file with:    
http://<my_machine's_host_name>/<path_to_html_files>/sample.html
Netscape gave me an error about it couldn't find the specified host and
something about it doesn't have a DNS entry.  What do I need to do to
run Apache on my single un-networked PC?  Is this possible?  I made sure
I specified the correct host name (which is in the /etc/HOSTNAME file).
(3) I have heard about DNS servers.  Do I need to implement this on my
machine somehow?

Any responses or pointers to reference material are greatly appreciated.
Thank You.

Quote:> (2) If so:  I installed the abovenamed Apache server on my Linux system
> and got it to run with a few modifications to the config files.  I ran
> 'top' and could see the 5 servers running.  I copied a sample HTML file
> to the directory where Apache would look for such a file.  I tried to
> access that HTML file with:    
> http://<my_machine's_host_name>/<path_to_html_files>/sample.html
> Netscape gave me an error about it couldn't find the specified host and
> something about it doesn't have a DNS entry.  What do I need to do to
> run Apache on my single un-networked PC?  Is this possible?  I made sure
> I specified the correct host name (which is in the /etc/HOSTNAME file).

Quote:> (3) I have heard about DNS servers.  Do I need to implement this on my
> machine somehow?

        Regards
                Chris

Quote:> Any responses or pointers to reference material are greatly appreciated.
> Thank You.

Quote:>I have a Pentium PC
>(1) Is it necessary to have a web server to execute CGI scripts?

Quote:>(2) If so:  I installed the abovenamed Apache server on my Linux system
>and got it to run with a few modifications to the config files.  I ran
>'top' and could see the 5 servers running.  I copied a sample HTML file
>to the directory where Apache would look for such a file.  I tried to
>access that HTML file with:    
>http://<my_machine's_host_name>/<path_to_html_files>/sample.html

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