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my hosts file is by default:<BR>
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# Do not remove the following line, or various programs<BR>
# that require network functionality will fail.<BR>
127.0.0.1 server1 localhost.localdomain localhost<BR>
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
<B>From</B>: Aaron Konstam <<A HREF="mailto:Aaron%20Konstam%20%3cakonstam@sbcglobal.net%3e">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-To</B>: For users of Fedora <<A HREF="mailto:For%20users%20of%20Fedora%20%3cfedora-list@redhat.com%3e">fedora-list@redhat.com</A>><BR>
<B>To</B>: For users of Fedora <<A HREF="mailto:For%20users%20of%20Fedora%20%3cfedora-list@redhat.com%3e">fedora-list@redhat.com</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: apache - bad request<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:45:43 -0600<BR>
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On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 12:51 +0100, Pedro Freire wrote:
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> Hi list,
>
> don't know if this was already answered. If so ... sorry
>
> I installed Fedora 8 with apache running.
>
> What is happening is that I can access the Apache Fedora test page if
> I use "localhost" as the address, BUT if I use 127.0.0.1 (or it's LAN
> IP) I receive a Bad Request "Your browser sent a request that this
> server could not understand."
>
> Any idea why ?
>
> This happens right after installation, without changing any config
> file.
>
I would check the localhost line in your /etc/host file.
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