fanf 00/10/19 12:21:17
Modified: htdocs/manual/vhosts details.html
Log:
Belatedly update the documentation to include the NameVirtualHost *
stuff. This isn't quite a sync with the 1.3 docco because we don't
want to mention 1.3 in the 2.0 docs.
Revision Changes Path
1.11 +8 -1 httpd-docs-2.0/htdocs/manual/vhosts/details.html
Index: details.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-docs-2.0/htdocs/manual/vhosts/details.html,v
retrieving revision 1.10
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diff -u -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- details.html 1999/02/14 14:26:49 1.10
+++ details.html 2000/10/19 19:21:14 1.11
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
<P>Unless a <A HREF="../mod/core.html#namevirtualhost">NameVirtualHost</A>
directive is used for a specific IP address the first vhost with
-that address is treated as an IP-based vhost.
+that address is treated as an IP-based vhost. The IP address can also
+be the wildcard <CODE>*</CODE>.
<P>If name-based vhosts should be used a <CODE>NameVirtualHost</CODE>
directive <EM>must</EM> appear with the IP address set to be used for the
@@ -202,6 +203,11 @@
matching <SAMP>_default_</SAMP> vhost the request is served from the
main_server.
+<P>If the IP address is not found in the hash table then the match
+against the port number may also result in an entry corresponding to a
+<CODE>NameVirtualHost *</CODE>, which is subsequently handled like
+other name-based vhosts.
+
<P>If the lookup succeeded (a corresponding list for the IP address was
found) the next step is to decide if we have to deal with an IP-based
or a name-base vhost.
@@ -309,6 +315,7 @@
<CODE>_default_</CODE> vhost which is your standard <CODE>Port</CODE>
by default. A wildcard port can be specified (<EM>i.e.</EM>,
<CODE>_default_:*</CODE>) to catch requests to any available port.
+ This also applies to <CODE>NameVirtualHost *</CODE> vhosts.
<P>
<LI>The main_server is only used to serve a request if the IP address
