On 18.06.10 14:54, Diego Trombetta wrote: > I'm using Apache as reverse proxy to redirect request inside a LAN. > I'm trying to dynamically change the address to which forward request > through Apache. > In my configuration file I use something like: > > <location /dynlocation/> > ProxyPass http://dynlocation/ > ProxyPassReverse / > </location> > > The DNS lookup is resolved reading the hosts file (it's a window system). > > 10.0.0.1 dynlocation > > I thought that chancing the hosts file at runtime would have made the trick, > i.e. writing: > > 10.0.0.2 dynlocation > > but it seems that Apache is caching the IP and keeps on sending requests to > 10.0.0.1 > > I cannot restart Apache every time I need a different IP. > > Does anybody know how to clean that DNS cache or has a different idea to > solve this problem? I doubt apache caches the IP. I guess it's windows who is caching the IP, check that possibility first. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. On the other hand, you have different fingers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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