Bit of Help Please!

[SaintDog]

All hosting done is on shared servers, though, when my users go to mail.domain.com or ftp.domain.com (and do not already have those created), then it directs them to a website on the server (specifically only one website). The same goes when going directly to the shared servers IP (i.e. shared IP).

What I need to know is a way to stop this and make it show the default "Apache Installed" as it is basically allowing free promotion to the user on the server which is not fair to others and is something I would like to stop.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Jonathan

[vishal]

Hello,

I had same problem for one of my servers. i managed to resolve it. (may be this will work)

Have a look into your httpd.conf file and just see the first VirtualHost entry, that should be of the Site which is getting displayed when u type in mail.domain.com.

just add a default Virtual Host entry before that.(Which will display apache default page).

Hope it Helps!!!!


Regards,

[SaintDog]

I see this entry but not much else besides my users VH entries:

#<VirtualHost _default_:*>
#</VirtualHost>

Should I un-comment that and set the * to my shared IP?

[mitul]

Hello,

Check youe First VH Entry and that will be for the Domain which comes when u type in mail.something.com. before that VH Entry add a Entry which will display the Default Apache Page. Don't Delete Anything from httpd.conf. u'll land up in a Big trouble.

Regards,

[SaintDog]

I've checked them all and they all point to my shared IP, none of them are pointing to anything out of the ordinary.

Anything else that could be a problem?

[Website Rob]

This is an example of what the first VH entry should look like:

NameVirtualHost ServerSharedIPaddress:80

<VirtualHost ServerSharedIPaddress>
BytesLog domlogs/ServerHostName.com-bytes_log
ServerName ServerHostName.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs
</VirtualHost>

The "Shared Server IP address" is the first IP address assigned to the Server and the "Server Host Name" is always a Sub-domain.

[SaintDog]

Edit: Things are now working, thanks everyone for their help .