Virtual Private Server User Guide

The Apache Web Server

HostNameLookups off

  Options All

  AllowOverride All

  Order allow,deny

  Allow from all

  AllowOverride None

  Options None

  Order allow,deny

  Allow from all

   Adds the virtual host to the list of domain names in your /etc/mail/local host 

names file. This list specifies which domain names can send and receive e 

mail from your VPS server. If a domain name is pointed to your server but is 

not listed in this file, you may not be able to send or receive e mail addressed 

with that domain name.

   If you chose to include a separate cgi bin directory for the vhost's CGI files, 

vaddvhost creates a cgi bin directory in the virtual host's home directory. To 

make it possible for CGI programs to execute properly from this directory, the 

following lines are also added to the Virtual Host entry in your /usr/local/www/

conf/vhosts.conf file:

  AllowOverride None

  Options None

  Order allow,deny

  Allow from all

Virtual Host Entries

In the vhosts.conf file, all lines starting with a pound sign (#) are comments, and 

are ignored by your virtual server. 

Configuration settings contained in a Virtual Host entry apply only when a request 

is received for the specified domain. These configuration settings override the 

defaults defined in /www/conf/defaults.conf where conflicts occur. A typical Virtual 

Host entry contains the following commands, or directives:

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