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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by la...@hyperreal.org on 1999/02/14 15:26:50 UTC
cvs commit: apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/vhosts details.html name-based.html
lars 99/02/14 06:26:50
Modified: htdocs/manual/vhosts details.html name-based.html
Log:
fix/enhancement
PR: 3745
Submitted by: Roger Pack <ro...@juno.com>
Revision Changes Path
1.10 +1 -1 apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/vhosts/details.html
Index: details.html
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--- details.html 1998/09/17 14:52:03 1.9
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@@ -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
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--- 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>