multihosted domain problem

[randyriegel]

I have a domain name multihosted on a subdomain of my main account. The problem is that if I type "http://mydomain.com/test" it changes the URL in the browser to "subdomain.mydomain.com/test", if I type "http://mydomain.com/test/" it stays the same like it should. Is this something I can fix or is it something support can fix. Here is the actual example:

http://linux-programming.org/test - changes

http://linux-programming.org/test/ - works fine

Randy

[Ron]

This is funny... sort of.

I had the EXACT same problem on Friday with a mutlihosted domain of mine, to go into the subdirectory... It took a couple of hours, but I got the proper rewrite rules for .htaccess.

I also wanted to redirect anyone using the www to the domain without the www.

For me the problem was a combination of the trailing slash issue and the lack of "www" as the third level domain. Looks like Jag's master .htaccess is improperly re-writing the trailing slash.
I give you what I used, altered for your given case, with no warranty.

Put it into the subdirectory "test"; chmod 644

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   ^www\.linux-programming\.org [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)         http://linux-programming.org/test/ [L,R]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^linux-programming\.org [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^$
RewriteRule ^(.*)         http://linux-programming.org/test/$1 [L,R]

I was afraid to open a ticket on this outside of normal hours and heading into the weekend... but maybe we oughta open a ticket on Monday morning?

[Vin DSL]

Woo Hoo! That is soooo friggin' cool! Never noticed it before...

JagPC must be is mapping the subdomains to the subdirectories using 'mod_rewrite', or whatever, and when the trailing slash is missing, it's making an external redirect using the already rewritten path.

Interesting!

Okay, here's what I did...

My domain: Lenon.com
Subdomains: alpha, beta, civic, download, pilot

#Add trailing slash to subdomain directory, if missing,
#Then redirect to real server address - VinDSL(Lenon.com)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} lenon\.com                               [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(alpha|beta|civic|download|pilot)/
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.*) http://$1.lenon.com/$2                  [R=301,L]

Initial testing is positive. We'll see if it causes any problems. If so, I'll report back...

In your case, I would try:

#Add trailing slash to subdomain directory, if missing,
#Then redirect to real server address - VinDSL(Lenon.com)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} linux-programming\.org                   [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /test/
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.*) http://$1.linux-programming.org/$2      [R=301,L]

So, you that gives you a couple of possible solutions. Have fun!

EDIT: BTW, I should have mentioned, I put the above code in my ROOT '.htaccess' file...

[Vin DSL]

This is funny...

Woo Hoo! That is soooo friggin' cool!

LoL! Hey, Ron, I think we need to 'get a life'...

[Vin DSL]

Um...

I edited the code above - got rid of the anchors in the 'HTTP_HOST' condition. Works much better now!

Sorry for the confusion! I worked 26 hours yesterday...

[randyriegel]

If I put that code in the root directory will it effect all the subdirectories? If not I'd probably rather open a ticket and get this fixed to work correctly with any directory, I really don't want to the hassle of putting .htaccess in every directory that I make.

Randy

[Vin DSL]

If you're asking me, yeah, you should probably open a ticket. It's impossible to figure out what kind of 'magic' JagPC is using to accomplish this multi-hosting stuff.

I'm a little fuzzy today, and not even sure I understand the question. The solution I'm playing around with works for my situation, but it might not work for you. Dittos for Ron's solution, although he's undoubtedly had more sleep than me...

[randyriegel]

I opened a ticket and they just got it fixed, 15 minutes after opening. I love the support here!

Randy

[Vin DSL]

Yep! JagPC rocks!!!

[Vin DSL]

BTW, I want to thank YOU for posting your problem here...

It always bugged me that someone could call up a subdomain by going directly to the subdomain directory. Search bots are particularily bad about this.

For instance, I have various 'test' sites setting in subdomains, i.e. alpha, beta, pilot.

Using 'pilot' as an example:

The subdomain is 'pilot.lenon.com' but you could call it up using 'lenon.com/pilot' - kinda defeats the whole purpose of having a subdomain, no?

Try it now:

http://lenon.com/pilot
http://lenon.com/pilot/
http://lenon.com/pilot/modules.php?n...idth_Meter_DSL

http://www.lenon.com/pilot
http://www.lenon.com/pilot/
http://www.lenon.com/pilot/modules.p...idth_Meter_DSL


And, it doesn't affect other 'slashless' names:

http://www.lenon.com/mail
http://www.lenon.com/phpMyAdmin


All is good!

[Ron]

I'm glad it worked out for you, but I wouldn't have opened such a ticket in the middle of the night, and if I were a webhost, I wouldn't want my techs making that kind of change without a serious review.

Do you have any idea of how many websites might be negatively affected by changing that behavior? Maybe some are hard coded with that behavior in mind?

So are you guys on the same server, or was Vin DSL referring to his personal .htaccess changes, or did they make this change complex-wide?

[Vin DSL]

Don't go postal on us, Ron...

He's on Orion. I'm on Neutron. I was simply thanking him for bringing the situation to light. I fixed it, on my site, by adding code to my ROOT '.htaccess' file. I didn't mean to imply that 'Tech Support' made a global change.

[JPC-Les]

The original problem is common and can be easily fixed by submitting a ticket (or updating the original) and requesting the "servername" entry in the httpd.conf be changed from the subdomain to the multihosted domain.

Although if you want to use the cool htaccess method that's fine too

[Joshua Clinard]

Anyway this can be used to re-direct people to the actual domain, rather than just the subdomain?