[fursonice]

for me to serve unique urls 'www.yourdomain.com', do i have to be a DNS server?
if not how do i serve those?
if so, how do i server those?
is this doable this over [my server's] one IP?

i'd like for the end user to enter 'www.yourdomain.com' and be served the index or default .html page, or whatever (script perhaps), to your site.

i'm not clear and perhaps my configuration problems lie in the setup of OS X pb Network TCP/IP and Services panels? i.e., what goes in them!!?? i tried so many things! i had it working once, i think!!

Tenon iTools (recent trial version, OS X pb)
-i know, they got a list too.
thanks.

[smeldal]

- for me to serve unique urls 'www.yourdomain.com', do i have to be a DNS server?

No. You have to register the domain (there are many registrar services out there), and with the registration submit the IP addresses of two name servers. There are some free ones, e.g., ww.granitecanyon.com and www.centralinfo.net. Your own server can be one of the name servers, if your IP address location allows you to be a DNS.

- if not how do i serve those?

You find a name server service (see above)..

- if so, how do i server those?

You run named on your MacOSX Server. Works just fine.

- is this doable this over [my server's] one IP?

One nameserver can be run that way (but check with your ISP as to whether it is allowed). You need two, though.

- i'd like for the end user to enter 'www.yourdomain.com' and be served the index or default .html page, or whatever (script perhaps), to your site.

As long as the DNS points the name www.etc to your IP address, Apache will do the rest.

- i'm not clear and perhaps my configuration problems lie in the setup of OS X pb Network TCP/IP and Services panels? i.e., what goes in them!!?? i tried so many things! i had it working once, i think!!

Oh, you are <b>not</b> talking about the Mac OS X Server? Wrong forum.

[fursonice]

sorry but...
most of what you said is very true.
excapt there are ways that are pefectly legal to run unique names without registering... which is what i'm doing.

and, what OS X server doesn't use TCP/IP configurations? me thinks it does. not only that, but Tenon's iTools for X pb uses the same manual as OS XS.

so, i'd say i was in te right forum.

got my problem fixed though. thanks for responding.

[smic]

how do you do that without registering?