From 08b904e73f7fd5c4735b09c12511f3338ea90df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joshua Slive Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 19:13:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] PR: 5961 Make the NameVirtualHost docs a little more accurate. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@86234 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/mod/core.html | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.html b/docs/manual/mod/core.html index 0d96648bc0..0da1557172 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/core.html +++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.html @@ -2173,9 +2173,15 @@ an IP address, e.g.
NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
-With the NameVirtualHost directive you specify the address to which your -name-based virtual host names resolve. If you have multiple name-based -hosts on multiple addresses, repeat the directive for each address.

+With the NameVirtualHost directive you specify the IP address on which +the server will receive requests for the name-based virtual hosts. +This will usually be the address to which your name-based virtual host +names resolve. In cases where a firewall or other proxy receives the +requests and forwards them on a different IP address to the server, +you must specify the IP address of the physical interface on the +machine which will be servicing the requests. If you have multiple +name-based hosts on multiple addresses, repeat the directive for each +address.

Note: the "main server" and any _default_ servers will never be served for a request to a NameVirtualHost IP Address (unless for some -- 2.50.1