apache question

gsgleason · 06-01-2005, 02:09 PM

hello. I have slack 10 installed.

using the apache that came with my slack disro, if I go to http://www.domain.com/~user

it automatically tries to redirect them to http://hostname.domain.com/~user/index.html

I have put a bandaid on it by make a new DNS entry with hostname.domain.com as a CNAME entry for my actual domain name, but how can I solve this?

Atrocity · 06-01-2005, 02:23 PM

Did you check your httpd.conf file for apache to see where it points too, cuase usually by default it goes to index.html

gsgleason · 06-01-2005, 02:53 PM

I will look, but my problem is the part about it adding the hostname of my linux box into the URL

sigsegv · 06-03-2005, 12:40 AM

The actual answer to your question is to set "ServerName" in httpd.conf to whatever you're going to be accessing the box with.

Note: If you have VirtualHost's, adjust accordingly

gsgleason · 06-03-2005, 07:06 AM

do I set it to 'www.domain.com' or 'hostname'

sigsegv · 06-03-2005, 07:34 AM

You set ServerName to whatever the client browser is going to send in the Host: header (what the user types in the address bar), so most likely you'd want to use www.whatever.tld

phil.d.g · 06-03-2005, 07:40 AM

There is a variable something like 'Use CanonicalName' in httpd.conf, if you set this to false/no then it will solve your problem

gsgleason · 06-03-2005, 08:50 AM

yesssssss. CanonicalName fixed it. it was on and I set it to off. yesssss. thank you!