[cobalt-users] domain auto redirect -- AGAIN

[Tobe Johnson <tobe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to have several domains point to my server and automatically 
be forwarded to a specific site.  I would prefer to do this without having 
to set up each individual domain with all the set-up stuff that occurs 
there.

I wrote a script so that, when the 404 Not Found page is accessed, it will 
pull the host name from the URI, compare it to a MySQL database and then 
redirect depending upon the results.  That part works fine.

The problem:  I get an "unable to locate server" error message when I try 
to access a domain that is pointed to my servers (from network solutions), 
but is not yet set up on my servers.  I was hoping that it would hit the 
404 page and then I could redirect it appropriately without setting it up 
on my servers, but unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Any comments/help would be appreciated.  I tried setting up a PTR record 
for it, but since I am using name based hosting, it takes the site to the 
first site in my list of sites for that particular IP Address....:-( 
 Adding an A Record didn't seem to do the trick...

Thanks in advance.

Tobe Johnson

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