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I keep getting this error on all apache2 restarts I have on my box here at my home, and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it:
* Restarting web server apache2
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

Any suggestions as to how I can get rid of this?

Included files / updates

/etc/hosts: http://pastebin.com/nkXgE97U

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it's possible your hosts file is messed up. what are the contents of /etc/hosts? – RolandiXor♦ Apr 15 '11 at 2:42
@RolandTaylor: updated. – The Lord of Time Apr 15 '11 at 3:09
Now I won't call myself an expert, but I don't see an entry for 127.0.0.1, which is normally there by default. Maybe you need to add an entry for it (but I will wait till someone can confirm this). To my knowledge your system will be expecting such an entry to supply the host name for the system. – RolandiXor♦ Apr 15 '11 at 3:14

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Edit this file:

sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

And put this line in there:

ServerName localhost

Apache is throwing the error as it doesn't, by default, have a ServerName configured.

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That got rid of the error, thanks much. – The Lord of Time Apr 15 '11 at 4:44

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