Folders and subdomains

"Davide Bianchi" <davideyeahsure.RemoveThis@onlyforfun.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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 > On 2005-01-11, Ivan <divx.RemoveThis@fastwebnet.it> wrote:
 >
 > <VirtalHost *>
 > ServerName test.mydomain.com
<font color=purple> > RedirectPermanent <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain.com/test</font" target="_blank">http://mydomain.com/test</font</a>>
 > </VirtualHost>
 >
  >> whatever.mydomain.com should redirecto to mydomain.com/whatever

Thank's for your fast answer.

Don't you know if there is a way I can wildcard (*) also the subdomain and
the folder... something like

<VirtalHost *>
ServerName *.mydomain.com
RedirectPermanent <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mydomain.com/" target="_blank">http://mydomain.com/</a>*
</VirtualHost>

So that whatever the users writes in the subfolder part, apache will look
for a subfolder with that name?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 2005-01-11, Ivan <divx DeleteThis @fastwebnet.it> wrote:
 > Don't you know if there is a way I can wildcard (*) also the subdomain and
 > the folder... something like

You could do that using mod_rewrite, the problem is that if the
subdomain doesn't exist you'll get a 404 error. This is the reason I
suggested a cgi script of some sort. In the cgi you can do a
"the directory exists? yes->show it, otherwise->redirect to..."

Davide

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 > You could do that using mod_rewrite, the prolem is that if the
 > subdomain doesn't exist you'll get a 404 error.

If the sundomain does not exist you will get "host not found" or
"lookup failed" error in idea, because 404 is HTTP status code
and apache has nothing (well, almost) to do with such domains.

This can be easily solved by adding wildcard entry to BIND (or any
other dns server that supports thats -- up to you) zone file, e.g.

; SOAs etc. here
myhost.com IN A 12.34.56.78
*.myhost.com IN A 12.34.56.78

And using mod_rewrite like this: [in global config file, e.g.
/etc/apache/httpd.conf]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*).myhost.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://myhost.com/%1$1" target="_blank">http://myhost.com/%1$1</a> [R]

(Sorry if I have mistyped something

This is much, much, much better than using <VirtualHost *> unless you
are frightened by mod_rewrite (voodoo?)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 2005-01-11, adomas.paltanavicius.RemoveThis@gmail.com <adomas.paltanavicius.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
 > If the sundomain does not exist you will get "host not found"

If he redirect every subdomain to a different folder, any 'inexistent'
subdomain is an inexistent subfolder, hence the 404.

Davide

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