Anyone know how to 404 a subdomain?

[Spider]

I recently picked up an expired domain that had a lot of subdomains used from the previous owner. My .htaccess files has the normal 404 error code one but that doesn't seem to work for a subdomain. Can anyone tell me how to do it?


Thanks.

 

[seriouswrong]

Originally posted by jh3
I recently picked up an expired domain that had a lot of subdomains used from the previous owner. My .htaccess files has the normal 404 error code one but that doesn't seem to work for a subdomain. Can anyone tell me how to do it?


Thanks.

Why don't you wildcard the domain?

As in the DNS do a *.domain.com to the ip address of your main website, that way all traffic will go there, and in apache add server alais *.domain.com in the http.conf or Vhost.conf which ever your server uses

 

[Spider]

ok thanks, I will see if that's possible with my server. It's managed so it might be something I have to ask to have setup.

 

[Nexus]

If you're domain name is registered with eNom, you might be advised to do it through their DNS controls. Your hosting service may charge extra fees to do this.

~ Nexus

 

[Spider]

I have a managed dedicated server, it's all included.