> >> I am trying to setup a dynamic virtual hosting > >> configuration. I have used traditional virtual > >> hosting > >> for a long time and have repeated tried to move > to > >> dynamic virtual hosting with no success, I have > read > >> the documentation time and time again. I am > >> using apache 2.0.53 > >> > >> I would like a setup like the following... > however > I > >> am not sure whether apache supports/how you write > >> such > >> a configuration > >> > >> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.1> > >> VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/%0/htdocs> > > > What is the ">" doing on the end of that? > > > >> ServerName %0 > >> ServerAlias www.%0 > >> CustomLog /var/www/%0/logs/access_log vhost_mod > > > These are all wrong. You can't use the % > substitution > things in > arbitrary directives. Yes I know they are wrong... I was using them as an explanation of what I wanted... >They can only be used in the > directives > provided by mod_vhost_alias. It appears you need to > spend some time > reading > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/mass.html I've read that many times.... I cant even get the simple configuration such as beneath working VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/%0/htdocs VirtualScriptAlias /var/www/%0/cgi-bin so why does that not work??? my traditional vhost setup is as follows and that works fine.... why not the above? yet it will do whats below: <VirtualHost 192.168.2.103 *:80> ServerName mail.mydomain.biz ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/mail.mydomain.biz/cgi-bin/ DocumentRoot /var/www/mail.mydomain.biz/htdocs CustomLog /var/www/mail.mydomain.biz/logs/access_log vhost_mod RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK) RewriteRule .* - [F] </VirtualHost> > In general, ServerName can be relatively arbitrary > and > ServerAlias > doesn't need to be used unless you are combining > dynamic vhosting with > ordinary name-based vhosting. In order to get the > effect of > www.example.com and example.com going to the same > place, you should > use symbolic links in the filesystem. I was wondering if there was a way to do it without symbolic links > For the > logging, you should log > everything to one file and split it out later based > on > the recorded > vhost name. Thanks > > > >> RewriteEngine on > >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK) > >> RewriteRule .* - [F] > > > This Rewrite stuff is unimportant and is only needed > if you want to > satisfy the whims of your vulnerability tester. > but if I dont have it I get a forbidden access message??? > > >> the main problem however is that even with a > simple > >> configuration attempt I get forbidden access > message > >> all the time. > > > Start by fixing the above problems, then look at the > error log if you > still get error messages. > > Joshua. > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx