pleasure to be of assistance yip that is a bug in IE ... to get arround it i do the following in apache
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wpad.da$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wpad.dat$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/proxy.pa$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/proxy.pac$ [OR]
RewriteCond %1 ^wpad$
RewriteRule /(.*)$ /var/spool/apache/htdocs/proxy.pac [L]
this also allows wpad.<DOMAIN> <host>/wpad.dat <HOST>/wpad.da .... so iif i was to put the auto config script in a browser ill put "http://wpad.networksentry.co.za" apache dies the rest ...
dont forget to turn modrewirite on in httpd.conf
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog /var/log/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 0
RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower
bellow find my recipe for mass hosting of domains and users with custom layouts without ever restarting apache to add more domains ...
and no virtualhost declerations .... some links are frotpage specific admin/passwd pages
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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog /var/log/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 0
RewriteMap lowercase int:tolower
RewriteMap vhost dbm:/etc/apache/vhosts
RewriteRule ^/icons$ icons/ [R]
RewriteRule ^/fphelp$ fphelp/ [R]
RewriteRule (.*)/fpadmin$ $1/_vti_bin/_vti_adm/fpadmcgi.exe [L]
RewriteRule (.*)/pwadmin$ $1/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/passwd.htm [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[a-z0-9\-\.]+/cgi-bin
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} !^firewall.networksentry.co.za$
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %1 ^home$ [OR]
RewriteCond %1 ^users$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$
RewriteCond /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html -d
RewriteRule ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$ /var/home/$2/$3/$1/public_html$4 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/[a-z0-9\-\.]+/cgi-bin
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} !^firewall.networksentry.co.za$
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %1 ^home$ [OR]
RewriteCond %1 ^users$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$
RewriteCond /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html -d
RewriteRule ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$ /var/home/$2/$3/$1/public_html$4 [T=application/x-httpd-cgi]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wpad.da$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wpad.dat$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/proxy.pa$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/proxy.pac$ [OR]
RewriteCond %1 ^wpad$
RewriteRule /(.*)$ /var/spool/apache/htdocs/proxy.pac [L]
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/horde
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} !^firewall.networksentry.co.za$
RewriteCond %1 ^horde$ [OR]
RewriteCond %1 ^mail$ [OR]
RewriteCond %1 ^webmail$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /var/spool/apache/htdocs/horde/$1 [L]
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/horde
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/phpBB2
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} !^firewall.networksentry.co.za$
RewriteCond %1 ^forum$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /var/spool/apache/htdocs/phpBB2/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/horde
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/~
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^:]*).*$
RewriteCond ${vhost:%1|NULL} -d
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ ${vhost:%1}/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^:]*).*$
RewriteCond ${vhost:%1|NULL} -d
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ ${vhost:%1}/$1 [T=application/x-httpd-cgi] [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/fphelp
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/_vti_bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/~
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/horde
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^:]*).*$
RewriteCond /var/spool/apache/vhosts/${vhost:%1|NULL} -d
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /var/spool/apache/vhosts/${vhost:%1}/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} !^firewall.networksentry.co.za$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(([a-z0-9\-])([a-z0-9\-])[a-z0-9\-]+).*$
RewriteCond /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html -d
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} !^firewall.networksentry.co.za$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(([a-z0-9\-])([a-z0-9\-])[a-z0-9\-]+).*$
RewriteCond /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html -d
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html/$1 [T=application/x-httpd-cgi]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[a-z0-9\-\.]+/cgi-bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$
RewriteCond /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html -d
RewriteCond /var/spool/apache/htdocs/%1 !-d
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %1 !^home$
RewriteCond %1 !^users$
RewriteRule ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$ /var/home/$2/$3/$1/public_html$4 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/[a-z0-9\-\.]+/cgi-bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$
RewriteCond /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html -d
RewriteCond /var/spool/apache/htdocs/%1 !-d
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %1 !^home$
RewriteCond %1 !^users$
RewriteRule ^/(([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$ /var/home/$2/$3/$1/public_html$4 [T=application/x-httpd-cgi] [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/[~][a-z0-9\-\.]+/cgi-bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/[~](([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$
RewriteCond /var/home/%2/%3/%1/public_html -d
RewriteRule ^/[~](([a-z0-9\-\.])([a-z0-9\-\.])[a-z0-9\-\.]+)(.*)$ /var/home/$2/$3/$1/public_html$4 [T=application/x-httpd-cgi] [L]
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^:]*).*$
RewriteCond ${vhost:%1|NULL} !-d
RewriteCond /var/spool/apache/vhosts/${vhost:%1|NULL} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/icons
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-perl
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/perl
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/~
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[a-z0-9\-\.]+/cgi-bin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin
RewriteCond ${lowercase:%{HTTP_HOST}} ^([^.]*).*$
RewriteCond %1 !^horde$
RewriteCond %1 !^mail$
RewriteCond %1 !^webmail$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /var/spool/apache/htdocs/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
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