Return error code for a <Location>

"Phil Endecott" <spam_from_apache_users_3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:13:51 +0000

Dear experts,

I was half-expecting to find that there was something like this:

<Location />
  ErrorCode 404
</Location>

that would make Apache return a particular error response for all 

matching requests.  But I can't see anything; maybe I've overlooked something?

Here's the application: I have a server with name-based virtual hosts.  

Some of my domains are email-only and I don't want Apache to serve up 

anything for them; I was recently surprised to find that it defaults to 

the first-listed virtual host when it doesn't recognise the hostname.  

To work around this, I have put an explicit default virtual host before 

the real ones:

<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
  <Location />
    ... return 404, or similar, please ....
  </Location>
</VirtualHost>

But how to return the error code?  I currently have something like this:

<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
  DocumentRoot /does/not/exist
</VirtualHost>

which feels bad, if you know what I mean.  (It's also untested, as I 

have to wait for a DNS change to propogate before I can see if it has worked.)

Any suggestions?

Thanks,  Phil.

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