Apache, Virtual Hosts, Linux hosts file

[Robert Brockway]

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Stephen wrote:

> I have a Linux box (Mandrake 10.1) running Apache 2.0.
> 
> I am using it for testing of PHP-MySQL  scripts.
> 
> I have it working, but I had to map the virtual urls to the Linux box's ip
> address in the Linux hosts file.

If you are using name based virtual hosts (almost certainly the case) then 
this is working correctly.  Apache figures out which virtual host you want 
based on the information passed to it in the HTTP header (specifically, 
the site that the user wants to see).

Rob
 

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