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Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Special configuration for requests that do not
 match any particular virtual host?  Apache 2.2

On 06/02/2011 01:05 AM, Geoff Millikan wrote:
> I want to make a catch-all virtual host (like the manual mentions below) which redirects any errant hostnames like
> http://oopsie.mydomain.com/ to our main hostname at http://www.mydomain.com/   But the below example doesn't work - I'm getting an
> infinite redirect from http://www.mydomain.com/ right back to http://www.mydomain.com/
>
> What am I missing?
>
> #First virtual host entry
> <VirtualHost *:80>
> 	RewriteEngine On
> 	RewriteRule 	.* http://www.mydomain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
> 	ErrorLog 	/var/log/httpd/error_log
> 	CustomLog	/var/log/httpd/access_log combined
> </VirtualHost>

NO.

nonononono.

Get rid of all the rewrite junk and just set a dummy servername; this 
will catch ALL undefined hostnames.

Then Redirect / to the correct vhost.


-- 
J.


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