[gentoo-user] Apache 2.2.6 - Problems with vhosts

[gentoo-user] Apache 2.2.6 - Problems with vhosts

[Gololo]

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Hello list,
I have a problem here with apache and vhosts that I hope you can help me to
solve.

I have apache 2.2.6 running in a box called myserver.university.edu
I start apache with the following options:
APACHE2_OPTS="-D DEFAULT_VHOST -D USERDIR -D PHP5"

With USERDIR active, users can use:
http://myserver.university.edu/usernameto access their files. It
works.

Now I have a user who adquired a domain (let's say: www.example.com) and
wants to redirect it to his user folder. For this, I edited the file:
00_default_vhost.conf
It looks like this:

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<IfDefine DEFAULT_VHOST>
Listen 80
NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName myserver.university.edu
        Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/default_vhost.include
        <IfModule mpm_peruser_module>
                ServerEnvironment apache apache
        </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
     DocumentRoot /home/group1/user1/public_html/
     ServerName example.com
     ServerAlias www.example.com
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
     DocumentRoot /home/group1/user1/public_html/subdomain1
     ServerName subdomain1.example.com
</VirtualHost>
</IfDefine>

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The file: default_vhost.include ; looks like this:

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ServerAdmin root@localhost
DocumentRoot "/var/www/localhost/htdocs"
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs">
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options None
</Directory>
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The problem I am having is the following:

When I type: http://myserver.university.edu/username it works for any user.

When I type: http://subdomain1.example.com/ it shows the files hosted in
/home/group1/user1/public_html/subdomain1

BUT, if I type: http://www.example.com or http://example.com, then, it
doesn't show the files hosted in /home/group1/user1/public_html/ BUT it
shows the files hosted in the root directory of apache:
/var/www/localhost/htdocs

Can anyone help me? :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Apache 2.2.6 - Problems with vhosts

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:59:59 +0100, Gololo wrote:

> Now I have a user who adquired a domain (let's say: www.example.com) and
> wants to redirect it to his user folder. For this, I edited the file:
> 00_default_vhost.conf
> It looks like this:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <IfDefine DEFAULT_VHOST>
> Listen 80
> NameVirtualHost *:80
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>         ServerName myserver.university.edu
>         Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/default_vhost.include
>         <IfModule mpm_peruser_module>
>                 ServerEnvironment apache apache
>         </IfModule>
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>      DocumentRoot /home/group1/user1/public_html/
>      ServerName example.com
>      ServerAlias www.example.com
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>      DocumentRoot /home/group1/user1/public_html/subdomain1
>      ServerName subdomain1.example.com
> </VirtualHost>
> </IfDefine>

You don't edit 00_default_vhost.conf, that for teh default setting (hint:
look at the name of the file). Put your settings in 01_domain.conf,
02_domain2.conf etc.

Secondly, you have only defined more default setups here. And where isthe
Directory stanza for the user dir? The contents of 01_example.com.conf
should be along the lines of

<VirtualHost www.example.com:80>
	ServerAlias example.com
	DocumentRoot "/home/group1/user1/public_html"
        <Directory "/var/www/stfw.net/htdocs">
                Options Indexes
                order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


-- 
Neil Bothwick

WinErr 011: Window open - Do not look outside

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Re: [gentoo-user] Apache 2.2.6 - Problems with vhosts

[Gololo]

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Ok, thanks for the quick answer. I will try this in a second, but, just a
couple of questions.

1)     DocumentRoot "/home/group1/user1/public_html"
       <Directory "/var/www/stfw.net/htdocs">
       Should I write there the same path there? I mean, should I write the
path to the public_html directory both in DocumentRoot and in Directory?

2) How should I add the subdomains in this 01_example.com.conf. Would it be
something like this?

<VirtualHost subd1.example.com:80 <http://www.example.com/>>
       DocumentRoot "/home/group1/user1/public_html/subd1/"
        <Directory "/var/www/stfw.net/htdocs">
               Options Indexes
               order allow,deny
               Allow from all
       </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Thanks!

You don't edit 00_default_vhost.conf, that for teh default setting (hint:
> look at the name of the file). Put your settings in 01_domain.conf,
> 02_domain2.conf etc.
>
> Secondly, you have only defined more default setups here. And where isthe
> Directory stanza for the user dir? The contents of 01_example.com.conf
> should be along the lines of
>
> <VirtualHost www.example.com:80>
>        ServerAlias example.com
>         DocumentRoot "/home/group1/user1/public_html"
>         <Directory "/var/www/stfw.net/htdocs">
>                Options Indexes
>                order allow,deny
>                Allow from all
>        </Directory>
> </VirtualHost>
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> WinErr 011: Window open - Do not look outside
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Apache 2.2.6 - Problems with vhosts

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:13:51 +0100, Gololo wrote:

> Ok, thanks for the quick answer. I will try this in a second, but, just
> a couple of questions.

Please do not top post.

> 1)     DocumentRoot "/home/group1/user1/public_html"
>        <Directory "/var/www/stfw.net/htdocs">
>        Should I write there the same path there? I mean, should I write
> the path to the public_html directory both in DocumentRoot and in
> Directory?

Sorry, I cut'n'pasted that from a working config and missed changing
one of the paths.  The Directory and DocumentRoot paths should be the
same.

> 2) How should I add the subdomains in this 01_example.com.conf. Would
> it be something like this?

I'd put each one as a separate vhost.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Just when my ship comes in, it's the Kobyashi Maru.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Apache 2.2.6 - Problems with vhosts

[Gololo]

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Hello again,

I followed the solution you propposed and I got this error in the error_log
of apache:

Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that
RewriteRule directive is forbidden: /home/protel/gololo/public_html/

Plus I got a "403 Forbidden" in the browser".

So I changed the: "Options Indexes" with "Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
SymLinksIfOwnerMatch"

Now, www.example.com is working, but, any request of the short:
http://myserver.university.edu/username is redirected to
www.example.com/username which should not be happening

Any help on this would me much appreciated.


PS. What do you mean with "top posting"? What is this?

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