can't get my main Mediawiki url to redirect to the wiki Main_Page

[jimshock]

I've set my main url as: http://wiki.mydomain.com -- If I type this Url in, I just get an "Index / " page that shows a directory. But if I type: http://wiki.mydomain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page, the main page comes up fine and the wiki works fine.
All I need is for http://wiki.mydomain.com to point to http://wiki.mydomain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. Can someone please help me?

[kettu]

Try replacing the relevant configuration lines with something like:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} wiki.mydomain.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !wiki/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ wiki/$1

[jimshock]

Which file do I add the code to? I tried going /var/www/html/.htaccess and adding the lines under RewriteEngine on, no luck

[kettu]

Try adding the following after RewriteEngine On:

RewriteBase /

[jimshock]

...still no luck

[kettu]

In httpd.conf, what AllowOverride value do you have for the DocumentRoot Directory? If it is None, it will not execute rewrite directives.

[jimshock]

Got it . Needed to add an index.html file in /var/www/html with this line:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://wiki.mydomain.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">

However, you were right, my AllowOverride was set to None. Would utilizing the rewrite directive be a better way?

[kettu]

The advantage of the rewrite directive is that you can have more then one sub-domain. With your current implementation both www.mydomain.com and wiki.mydomain.com will redirect to the wiki.