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Is it possible to create a virtual sub-domain that is an alias of a directory??

For example:
"http://windows.localhost" => "c:\windows"

I've been searching the apache docs but I haven't been successfull finding how to do that.

I'would apreciate any help.
Thanks.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/co ... irtualhost

Thank you, Wiedmann.

I added these lines to httpd.conf

Code: Select all: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName localhost DocumentRoot "D:/Windows & Programs files/xampplite/htdocs" </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName windows.localhost DocumentRoot "c:\windows" </VirtualHost>

But It doesn't work.
I can get access to localhost but I cant access to windows.localhost

What am I doing wrong?

I can get access to localhost but I cant access to windows.localhost

Sorry, I'm not really good in guessing... Any error message, e.g.?

It is not clear from your post whether or not you created an entry for windows.local in your hosts file. (Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts)

Wiedmann wrote:
I can get access to localhost but I cant access to windows.localhost

Sorry, I'm not really good in guessing... Any error message, e.g.?

if I type in browser "localhost", I see the page "D:/Windows & Programs files/xampplite/htdocs/index.php" which is right and expected if you see the code I added to httpd.conf (see below)

but, if I type in browser "windows.localhost", I see no page, nothing. I just see de default "page not found" of IE.
What I would expect to happend is to see the page "c:\windows\index.php"

To achieve that, I added this code to httpd.conf

Code: Select all: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName localhost DocumentRoot "D:/Windows & Programs files/xampplite/htdocs" </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName windows.localhost DocumentRoot "c:\windows" </VirtualHost>

What I want to know is whether this code is right and whether it should produce the results I expect.

Tkanks.

I see no page, nothing. I just see de default "page not found" of IE.

Read the last answer from "cj_nza". Your OS / applications can not find a ip for the dns name "windows.localhost"

DocumentRoot "c:\windows"

You should use forward slashs ("/") in the apache config files.

Ohhh... I did'n see cj_nza's reply.

thank you, cj_nza and Wiedmann. Now things are working fine.

and.. the backslashed worked too. Even using combinations of slashes and backslashes like this: "c:\windows/system\" :shock:

the backslashed worked too

Sometimes.

BTW its wrong in the Apache config => Read the Apache manual.

cj_nza wrote:It is not clear from your post whether or not you created an entry for windows.local in your hosts file. (Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts)

What should that entry look like?

Get Free wrote:Ohhh... I did'n see cj_nza's reply.

thank you, cj_nza and Wiedmann. Now things are working fine.

and.. the backslashed worked too. Even using combinations of slashes and backslashes like this: "c:\windows/system"

How did you get it to work? I have tried to add the same code to my httpd.conf and I have tried to edit my hosts file in the system32/etc dir but I can't get it to work! when I open /windows.localhost/ I get /localhost/ ^^

Could you please check my setting? Looks ok for my but i get error 403 Access forbidden!

but i don't know why

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 windows.localhost

# httpd.conf - bottom

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot D:/xampp/htdocs
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName windows.localhost
DocumentRoot C:/temp
</VirtualHost>

Code: Select all: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot D:/xampp/htdocs ServerName localhost <Directory "D:/xampp/htdocs"> AllowOverride All Options IncludesNoExec Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName windows.localhost DocumentRoot C:/temp <Directory "D:/temp"> AllowOverride All Options +Indexes IncludesNoExec #<- +Indexes for see files in folder Order allow,deny Deny from all #<- better to block all other Allow from 127.0.0.1 #<- allow from local or write IP from other PC in LAN </Directory> </VirtualHost>

many thanks

that works for me

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName windows.localhost
DocumentRoot C:/temp
<Directory "C:/temp">
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

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