Change IP address on system but Apache shows old addres

[Belinda Dermody]

We installed apache on a test system and after we changed the IP address the apache debug log shows the old address, but it seems to be working, any suggestions.

[Thu Jul 06 16:42:22 2006] [info] mod_unique_id: using ip addr 199.999.99.11
[Thu Jul 06 16:42:23 2006] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ..
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[Thu Jul 06 16:42:23 2006] [notice] Digest: done
[Thu Jul 06 16:42:23 2006] [info] mod_unique_id: using ip addr 199.99.99.11

I have modified the IP address above except for last two(2) numbers should be 10

[Peter Godron]

James,
have you restarted apache (apachectl) and changed the config file to the new ipaddress?

[Belinda Dermody]

Yup,,,, We confirmed that the httpd.conf file has the new IP address and restarted Apache. The process is running, but we are wondering why the old IP address is showing up under the mod_unique_id...

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

Its an old apache network connection.

You need to stop apache for a few minutes or have the systems network connection down long enough for the persistane of TCP/IP which defaults to 60 seconds to shut down the old session.

Apache might cease to work altogether if it listens on a particular ip address. The default is 0.0.0.0 which means all ip's but for security reasons I often set this parameter for ssh_config and apache.

If there are problems after following my initial recommendations check the config file of the offending app.

SEP

[Denver Osborn]

Was apache restarted after the ip change?

If so, then try looking for the old .11 address in an apache conf file. Also, was the change made to dns and /etc/hosts?

-denver

[Belinda Dermody]

Thanks everyone and especially you Steven you came through again, they rebooted the server and everything is showing correctly now...