> I have a question about Apache's Virtual hosts. Let's say that I have a > few directories, "host1", "host2", "host3", all in one parent > directory, "sites". is there any way that I can configure apache to > automatically serve requests for host1.mydomain.com from the "host1" > folder, and requetss from "host2.mydomain.com" from the "host2" folder? > I know I can configure virtual hosts for each, but I'm trying to avoid > that -- I want to be able to just add a new directory and have a new > host. How do these free web hosting services do it? (You know, the ones > where you sign up as "username" and instantly your website is at > http://username.freehost.com/";)?
Dunno how they actually do it, but a wildcard DNS entry and mod_rewrite should be able to handle this I would imagine. -- James Manning <http://www.sublogic.com/james/> GPG Key fingerprint = B913 2FBD 14A9 CE18 B2B7 9C8E A0BF B026 EEBB F6E4 -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
