servers IP address shows the first site in virtualhost list

I am running several websites.

Which ever website appears first in my virtual host file shows up when the
servers ip address is typed into a browser.

Is this normal?.
Because i'm running several sites, I don't really want any of the sites to
come up when the ip of the server is used so ive temporarily made up a fake
site for the first virtual host
(see below)

Is this what you do or is there a more appropriate way to stop the servers
ip address bringing up one of your sites ?


<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webmaster.TakeThisOut@xxxfakesitexxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk
DocumentRoot /usr/home/none
ServerName www.xxxfakesitexxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk
ErrorLog logs/xxxfakesitexxxxxxxxxxx.co.ukerror_log
CustomLog logs/xxxfakesitexxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk-access.log "combined"
scriptalias /cgi-bin/ /usr/home/xxxfakesitexxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk/cgi-bin/
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.php
</VirtualHost>

Mike <me.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote:
 > Is this normal?.

Yes it is. Since Apache can't distinguish which virtual host to use when
a IP is typed (and not the FQDN) he will show the first one.

 > I don't really want any of the sites to come up when the ip of the server

Then add a phony first virtual host without any FQDN and set his
home page to an "error" page of some sort.

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