documentation/6988: DNS interaction for virtual hosts

[Ingo L�tkebohle <in...@blank.pages.de>]

>Number:         6988
>Category:       documentation
>Synopsis:       DNS interaction for virtual hosts
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 16 11:30:02 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ingo@blank.pages.de
>Release:        1.3
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
apache 1.3, its a documentation issue
>Description:
The old default configuration contained a big notice that just adding
VirtualHosts does *not* work, they have to be in the DNS. The otherwise
great new VirtualHost documentation does no longer contain such a notice.

Please put it back in.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Usefull information might be a hint on how to check if the name exists ("nslookup <hostname>" or "host <hostname>") and an explanation of the output and how the DNS hostmaster can be contacted (i.e. "host -t soa <domain>", pick out the e-mail address from the SOA line, etc.).
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