RE: [cobalt-users] [RaQ 4] Domain Directing

["William J.A. Brillinger" <billy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William J.A. Brillinger [mailto:billy@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:10 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ 4] Domain Directing
>
>
> At 10:59 AM 19/08/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have a customer who has requested a domain redirect on a virtual site
> that
> >is hosted with us.
> >
> >The virtual site is www.tremper.com and its home directory is
> >/home/sites/www.tremper.com/web
> >Within the ' web ' directory there is another directory named ' family '
> >
> >She has pointed a domain www.kortemeier.net to the same IP as
> >www.tremper.com and wants the
> >server to be able to distinguish which domain is heading its way.
> >e.g.
> >  - If a user types in http://www.tremper.com the server serves the page
> >/home/sites/www.tremper.com/web/index.html
> >  - If a user types in http://www.kortemeier.net the server serves the page
> >/home/sites/www.tremper.com/web/family/index.html
> >
> >I am not too sure on how to do this, but we have tried a cgi script and it
> >works only if you type in the full path - www.kortmeier.net/index.cgi
> >We found this cgi file here -
> >http://www.freecode.com/viewsource/domaindirector/readme.txt/
> >
> >Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Anthony
>
> I would see this as an opportunity to sell the customer another basic
> account.
> otherwise a rewrite rule in httpd.conf could do this.
>
> - Bill B.

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At 11:24 AM 19/08/02 -0500, you wrote:
> Bill -
> We tried but she keeps on insisting that this works fine with
> other providers and they do not charge her for another domain.
>
> Regarding the rewrite rule, which one are referring to?
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony

Is www.kortmeier.net currently an alias for www.tremper.com?
(There are others on this list who could answer this much better I'm sure)

I envision something like this...

RewriteRule www.kortmeier.net/(.*)  /home/sites/www.tremper.com/web/family/$1

- Bill B.



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