how to set wildcards point to the web root directory.

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how to set wildcards point to the web root directory.

Postby mike » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:56 am

i set my own DNS and webserver in the same computer (OS Redhat 9)
but it still don't woriking

then i read the readme.txt
it said "The wildcards must point to the web root directory."
but how ???because i not really sure how to set it !!
can anyone help me
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Postby Scooby » Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:12 pm

The wildcards must point to the web root directory means not to a subdirectory ie www.domain.com not www.redirection.domain.com

To set wildcard dns up you need to set a server alias as *.domain.com (normally set in httpd.conf file)

And a dns record as an A name

* 14400 A ip addy

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Postby mike » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:57 pm

my domain name is sbnb.net
i did point to sbnb.net and www.sbnb.net
but still not woring ??
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Postby Scooby » Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:15 pm

is it set in the conf file as a server alias
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