I believe this might work for you but I have never tried it. The rest of this is DNS...
<VirtualHost _default_> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerAlias *.mydomain.com DocumentRoot /home/mydomain/public_html Alias /error /var/html/public_error ErrorDocument 404 /error/mycustom404.html </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost xx.36.161.82> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerAlias jacko.mydomain.com DocumentRoot /home/jack.mydomain/public_html Alias /error /var/html/public_error ErrorDocument 404 /error/mycustom404.html </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost xx.36.161.82> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerAlias corp.mydomain.com DocumentRoot /home/corp.mydomain/public_html Alias /error /var/html/public_error ErrorDocument 404 /error/mycustom404.html </VirtualHost> > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 3:27 PM > To: apache > Subject: RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Creating a Catch-Everything Catch-All > > > > Gary, thank you so much for taking the time to answer. > > If possible, could you clarify how I should format the _default_ > virtualhost entry? > > A typical virtualhost entry in my conf looks like this: > > ----------- > <VirtualHost xx.36.161.82> > ServerAlias mydomain.com > ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DocumentRoot /home/mydomain/public_html > BytesLog domlogs/mydomain.com-bytes_log > ServerName www.mydomain.com > > User mydomain > Group mydomain > CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/mydomain.com combined > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/mydomain/public_html/cgi-bin/ > </VirtualHost> > ----------- > > What parts of that should I alter to create a _default_ virtualhost? > > Should I simply replace the "mydomain.com" with "ServerAlias *.*", and > "Servername www.mydomain.com" with "*.*.*"? > > Sorry, again, for my lack of clue on this, I really am finding this > bewildering. > > Thanks, > > Donnacha > > > On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:55:10 -0700, "Gary W. Smith" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > This requires two things. One, you need to configure DNS to catchall. > > I'm not sure how to do this but search google for bind and all. > > > > As for the other one, create a vitual site as _default_ and give server > > aliases. Then if you create a real virtual site you will need to use > > the qualified domain name for it (say ServerAlias jack.thissite.com) in > > the configuration. > > > > ServerAlias thissite.com > > ServerAlias *.thissite.com > > > > Then I would just create a 404 rule that points to a single pave and > > remove all of the other content. > > > > I think that's the easiest way. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:25 PM > > > To: users@httpd.apache.org > > > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Creating a Catch-Everything Catch-All > > > > > > Please forgive my lack of clue. I have read the FAQ and googled > > > ferociously but haven't been able to find a solution, I hope that > > > someone here can help me. > > > > > > I would like anybody to be able to point their domains at my > > nameservers > > > and for anybody browsing to "thatdomain.com" or "www.thatdomain.com" > > or > > > "*.thatdomain.com" or "thatdomain.com/*" to see a default/catch-all > > PHP > > > page. > > > > > > Of course, if someone browses to a domain I have defined I don't want > > > them to see the catch-all. > > > > > > From my research so far, I suspect there is some way to achieve this > > > using default virtualhosts and I have tried entering various entries > > > into httpd.conf but, unfortunately, most of the instructions I'm > > working > > > from presume more basic knowledge than I have and leave out certain > > > parts of the entry that are probably obvious to everyone but me. > > > > > > I would greatly appreciate it if someone could show me exactly what a > > > comprehensive default virtualhost entry that catches all variations > > and > > > subdomains etc should look like, and tell me if there are any other > > > settings I should also be changing. > > > > > > Again, sorry if this is all very obvious stuff, I honestly haven't > > been > > > able to get my head around it. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Donnacha > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. 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