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Modified: htdocs/manual/vhosts details.html name-based.html Log: fix/enhancement PR: 3745 Submitted by: Roger Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Revision Changes Path 1.10 +1 -1 apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/vhosts/details.html Index: details.html =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/vhosts/details.html,v retrieving revision 1.9 retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10 --- details.html 1998/09/17 14:52:03 1.9 +++ details.html 1999/02/14 14:26:49 1.10 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ affect the ports assigned in the address set. <P>During initialization a list for each IP address -is generated an inserted into an hash table. If the IP address is +is generated and inserted into an hash table. If the IP address is used in a <CODE>NameVirtualHost</CODE> directive the list contains all name-based vhosts for the given IP address. If there are no vhosts defined for that address the <CODE>NameVirtualHost</CODE> directive 1.10 +6 -3 apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html Index: name-based.html =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/vhosts/name-based.html,v retrieving revision 1.9 retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10 --- name-based.html 1998/12/18 23:49:44 1.9 +++ name-based.html 1999/02/14 14:26:49 1.10 @@ -107,15 +107,18 @@ familiar with typing "www" or "www.foobar" then you will need to add <CODE>ServerAlias www www.foobar</CODE>. It isn't possible for the server to know what domain the client uses for their name resolution -because the client doesn't provide that information in the request.</P> +because the client doesn't provide that information in the request. +The <CODE>ServerAlias</CODE> directive is generally a way to have different +hostnames pointing to the same virtual host. +</P> <H2>Compatibility with Older Browsers</H2> <P>As mentioned earlier, there are still some clients in use who do not send the required data for the name-based virtual hosts to work properly. These clients will always be sent the pages from the -<CITE>primary</CITE> name-based virtual host (the first virtual host -appearing in the configuration file for a specific IP address).</P> +first virtual host listed for that IP address (the +<CITE>primary</CITE> name-based virtual host).</P> <P>There is a possible workaround with the <A HREF="../mod/core.html#serverpath"><CODE>ServerPath</CODE></A>
