On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 3:22 PM, plot.lost <plot.lost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/10/2012 15:19, Tom Evans wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:15 PM, plot.lost<plot.lost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way to do something like the following where the domain part >>> is >>> replaced by whatever has been configured in ServerName >>> >>> RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ http://the.domain.com/path/to/file.html >>> >>> i.e. where 'the.domain.com' is whatever the current ServerName is without >>> having to edit the RedirectMatch line (it would be in a config section >>> that >>> gets included into several different virtual hosts). Want to keep this in >>> the main config files, not in any .htacess files >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help on this. >>> >> RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ /path/to/file.html >> >> Apache will construct a canonical URL from the '/path/to/file.html' >> component, this will use the ServerName, if you have UseCanonicalName >> on. >> >> Cheers >> >> Tom >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > Thanks, that should do the job. > > Out of interest, if 'UseCanonicalName' was off would that cause the redirect > to go to whatever hostname the client had used in the request - say for > example if the vhost had a couple of aliases (I don't actually want to do > that, just interested to know) > > Thanks again. > Yes, "UseCanonicalName off" would result in httpd using the values supplied in the Host header. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#usecanonicalname Cheers Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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