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[Allowee]

I'm new to this so please give me some detailed answers...

I got apache running.
when I goto http://allowee/ I see my default page.

now I've created a few virtual hosts (I still know that from windows)
so i setup http://hosted.allowee/
but it doesn't work.

how am i going to set this up?

[IGobyTerry]

Is this on a home network or on a server? Because doing something like http://whatever/ won't work on the internet.


As for your question. Is it pointing the right directory? Are the IP's assigned right? I don't really know though.

[worldhive]

If you just want it to work locally (for test purposes maybe), just add the appropriate line to your hosts file.
If it is local, this should work:

127.0.0.1 \t hosted.allowee
where \t is an actual tab character (typed with the tab key).

In Unix (Mac OS X included), you can find the hosts file in the /etc directory. On Windows machines the file will be under either the Windows directory, or the WinNT directory, if memory serves me. This of course depends on what version of Windows you are using.

If you actually need your site to be available on the Internet, I would suggest using a free or donation based DNS such as dyndns.org, or perhaps one provided by your domain name registrar.

Good luck,

Paul Henrich

[Tom|420]

In WinXP the 'hosts' file is actually in a very strange and hard-to-remember location. The best method is to search for it.

On older versions the 'hosts' file doesn't exist by default, but there is a hosts.sam (sample) file which you can rename and edit.