R: Domain Forwarding?

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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]
> Per conto di tonydm
> Inviato: giovedì 30 dicembre 2004 11.38
> A: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Oggetto: Domain Forwarding?
> 
> Hi group,
> 
> I'm using FC3 as a Web and Samba server, but may be off topic.
> 
> I have a domain parked at a registry (discountdomainregistry.com).  I am
> forwarding all traffic to my static ip where it passes through a
> firewall forwarding a select group of ports to my webserver.  Over the
> past several weeks I have had problems with my domain disappearing.
> When typing in the address in a browser, it errors with not available.
> Can't be, the server is up and aok.  If I type in the static ip address
> the site pops right up.  I also get no response when I ping the domain
> name.  No problem with pinging the static ip.  It's obvious the problem
> lies with where it is parked.
> 
> There are a 1001 places to park a domain.  Since your a savy group, I'm
> looking for some suggestions from you as to who you have/are using.  A
> place I can count on.  I simply want to park and forward the domain.  I
> also need/want to have email aliases which I can forward.  Or perhaps
> there's an alternative.  I'm very much at the lower end of the
> experienced scale with linux, webserver, dns issues, and the like.  I
> come from a long hardware background from the windows side.
> 
> While I'm on this topic of forwarding.  Can someone tell my why when I
> forward with "masking" I can't get to a sub folder unless I go the home
> site, and link to a page in a sub folder?  i.e.
> www.mydomainname.com/epages/index.html simply takes me to
> www.mydomainname.com/index.html
> 

Sure, you just create an alias editino httpd.conf

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