Re: Development mode URL format question
Re: Development mode URL format question
- Subject: Re: Development mode URL format question
- From: Darich Runyan/OMNI INFOSEC LTD HQ <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:46:57 -0500
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
> From: Ray Ackland <email@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:51:54 +1300
> To: Vincent Coetzee <email@hidden>
> Cc: <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Development mode URL format question
>
> Vincent,
>
> When you say that "http://localhost:etc etc" works, you mean the
> windows machines can work with the app? This would surprise me (but I
> may have learnt something new).
>
> The problem - as you already suspect - is that the PCs get given a URL
> with a domain name. They then turn to their DNS for the ip address, but
> have no luck as the DNS has no listing for your machine.
>
> What you can do to get it to work is to add a hosts file on their
> machine (the OS checks this first before going to the external DNS).
> Unfortunately I can't remember where Windows stores this file. Can
> someone else fill in this part for me?
>
> Hope I have added some hope.
>
> r
>
> On 03/12/2004, at 1:05, Vincent Coetzee wrote:
>
>> I am currently developing a web objects app. At work most of the
>> machines are Windows machines, and I am forced to retrieve my IP
>> address (which is static) via DHCP. Mostly I am unaware of the fact
>> that I am on a "windows networks". My machines name is "aspect". When
>> I run my WebObjects app, the URL that XCode / WebObjects generates
>> when it opens the app in Safari is of the form "http://aspect.local:
>> etc etc". The lookup of aspect.local fails, presumably because the
>> DHCP server (or whatever is acting as the local DNS) does not know
>> what aspect.local means. This same URL works perfectly when I am at
>> home on my Mac only network. If I change the URL to be
>> "http://localhost:etc etc", then everything works. What do I change
>> where to get this default to change to localhost, is it a Mac OS X
>> setting or a WebObjects setting.
>
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