LinuxQuestions.org - Apache is not serving up the correct page for a sub domain.

hmm. switching the order of the name and document root seemed to do something.

when I access the webmail.mydomain.com page i get the mydomain.com page sans the style sheet, not the index.html for the subdomain.

I am using the drupal cms. could this be screwing things up?

I did add an A record.

my http.conf file is completely empty.

here is my apache2 file in full. vhosts are at the bottom.
Code:
#

# Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.

#

# This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the

# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.

# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about

# the directives.

#

# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding

# what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure

# consult the online docs. You have been warned.  

#

# The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:

#  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a

#    whole (the 'global environment').

#  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,

#    which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.

#    These directives also provide default values for the settings

#    of all virtual hosts.

#  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to

#    different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the

#    same Apache server process.

#

# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many

# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the

# server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin

# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "/var/log/apache2/foo.log"

# with ServerRoot set to "" will be interpreted by the

# server as "//var/log/apache2/foo.log".

#



### Section 1: Global Environment

#

# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,

# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it

# can find its configuration files.

#



#

# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's

# configuration, error, and log files are kept.

#

# NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)

# mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available

# at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile>);

# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

#

# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.

#

ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"



#

# The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.

#

#<IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>

#<IfModule !mpm_netware.c>

LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock

#</IfModule>

#</IfModule>



#

# PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process

# identification number when it starts.

# This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars

#

PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}



#

# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.

#

Timeout 300



#

# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than

# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.

#

KeepAlive On



#

# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow

# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.

# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.

#

MaxKeepAliveRequests 100



#

# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the

# same client on the same connection.

#

KeepAliveTimeout 15



##

## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific)

## 



# prefork MPM

# StartServers: number of server processes to start

# MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare

# MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare

# MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>

    StartServers          5

    MinSpareServers      5

    MaxSpareServers      10

    MaxClients          150

    MaxRequestsPerChild  0

</IfModule>



# worker MPM

# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start

# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections

# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_worker_module>

    StartServers          2

    MinSpareThreads      25

    MaxSpareThreads      75 

    ThreadLimit          64

    ThreadsPerChild      25

    MaxClients          150

    MaxRequestsPerChild  0

</IfModule>



# event MPM

# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start

# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections

# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare

# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process

# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves

<IfModule mpm_event_module>

    StartServers          2

    MaxClients          150

    MinSpareThreads      25

    MaxSpareThreads      75 

    ThreadLimit          64

    ThreadsPerChild      25

    MaxRequestsPerChild  0

</IfModule>



# These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars

User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}

Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}



#

# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory

# for additional configuration directives.  See also the AllowOverride

# directive.

#



AccessFileName .htaccess



#

# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being 

# viewed by Web clients. 

#

<Files ~ "^\.ht">

    Order allow,deny

    Deny from all

    Satisfy all

</Files>



#

# DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document

# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.

# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is

# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications

# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to

# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are

# text.

#

DefaultType text/plain





#

# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses

# e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).

# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people

# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that

# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the

# nameserver.

#

HostnameLookups Off



# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.

# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>

# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be

# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>

# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.

#

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log



#

# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,

# alert, emerg.

#

LogLevel warn



# Include module configuration:

Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load

Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf



# Include all the user configurations:

Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf



# Include ports listing

Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf



#

# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with

# a CustomLog directive (see below).

# If you are behind a reverse proxy, you might want to change %h into %{X-Forwarded-For}i

#

LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O" common

LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer

LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent



#

# Define an access log for VirtualHosts that don't define their own logfile

CustomLog /var/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log vhost_combined





# Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,

# see README.Debian for details.



# Include generic snippets of statements

Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/



#acceptpathinfo

AcceptPathInfo On







# Include the virtual host configurations:

Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/







<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName tempesthostingservices.com

DocumentRoot "/var/www/tempest"

<Directory "/var/www/tempest/">

allow from all

Options +Indexes

</Directory>

SetEnv SITE_ROOT /var/www/tempest

SetEnv SITE_HTMLROOT /var/www/tempest

</VirtualHost>



<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName webmail.tempesthostingservices.com

DocumentRoot "/var/www/webmail"

<Directory "/var/www/webmail/">

allow from all

Options +Indexes

</Directory>

SetEnv SITE_ROOT /var/www/webmail

SetEnv SITE_HTMLROOT /var/www/webmail

</VirtualHost>