Mailing List Archive: Re: VIF problem with ... any advice?

Another one for Cliff, possibly,

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Liam <liam@numenet.com> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm running SunOS4.1.3 (with vif kernel hacks) and the Apache server.
>
>www.xyz.com is a CNAME alias for xyz.com.
><VirtualHost www.xyz.com> etc., is in my httpd.conf file.
>
>Accessing http://www.xyz.com *fails* (actually, it brings up the default
>DocumentRoot).
>Accessing http://xyz.com *succeeds*, however, bringing up the Virtual
>DocumentRoot.
>
>The get_local_addr() function in the Apache util.c file seems to return
>the wrong socket name, but I can't figure out why.
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
>Liam

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Liam <liam@numenet.com> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm running SunOS4.1.3 (with vif kernel hacks) and the Apache server.
>
>www.xyz.com is a CNAME alias for xyz.com.
><VirtualHost www.xyz.com> etc., is in my httpd.conf file.
>
>Accessing http://www.xyz.com *fails* (actually, it brings up the default
>DocumentRoot).
>Accessing http://xyz.com *succeeds*, however, bringing up the Virtual
>DocumentRoot.
>
>The get_local_addr() function in the Apache util.c file seems to return
>the wrong socket name, but I can't figure out why.
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
>Liam

You have to have a different IP address for each virtual host. This cannot
be done only with a CNAME record, due to a limitation of the http protocol.

The documentation (tries to) makes this clear; see
http://www.hyperreal.com/docs/virtual-host.html

David Robinson.