Virtual Host problems

I am running Apache 1.3. and Freebsd 5.0. I have 1 IP with 3 virtual
host I want to use. Here is the settings for virtual host in my
httpd.conf

NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
ServerName somename.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/data/somename
</VirtualHost>

The problem is after I put the info in the virtual host and try to
restart apache. I get the response httpd unable to start.

Do I need to uncomment the line NameVirtualHost* or what. this is very
confusing. any help will do.

Thanks

I dont see a comment before NameVirtualHost * You definately need the
NameVirtualHost *
The only thing I can see different from your config and mine is I have the
DocumentRoot path from the default path and also a trailing /. I'm not sure
what you set your default as. Try DocumentRoot www/data/somename/ or
DocumentRoot /data/somename/
I'm not sure if it will fix your problem. Good luck

"darrell" <dbetts.DeleteThis@buckeye-express.com> wrote in message
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 > I am running Apache 1.3. and Freebsd 5.0. I have 1 IP with 3 virtual
 > host I want to use. Here is the settings for virtual host in my
 > httpd.conf
 >
 > NameVirtualHost *
 > <VirtualHost *>
 > ServerName somename.com
 > DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/data/somename
 > </VirtualHost>
 >
 > The problem is after I put the info in the virtual host and try to
 > restart apache. I get the response httpd unable to start.
 >
 > Do I need to uncomment the line NameVirtualHost* or what. this is very
 > confusing. any help will do.
 >
 > Thanks<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->