Alias domain redirect not working as expected

leeiprop

When using an alias domain with the redirect to primary domain option, the alias doesn't actually redirect.

Example;

primary.com is my primary domain
I have then added secondary.com as an alias domain, and checked "Redirect to the primary domain primary.com"
When I browse to secondary.com, it isn't actually redirecting to primary.com, it just brings up the website.

Digging into it, it looks like Enhance is achieving redirects via .htaccess;

Enhance is creating a new .htaccess file in the root directory with the redirect rules
Should Enhance be creating the rules in the existing .htaccess inside /public_html/? (since when I move the rules to this .htaccess file it all works as expected)

Is this a bug, expected functionality, or am I doing something wrong?

Major7

The redirects don't work at all, and the company shows no signs of finally fixing this problem.

As a workaround, I linked the .htaccess file in the root directory as a symlink to the subdomain directory (in /subdomain.example.com: ln -s ../.htaccess) – at least this way the redirects work.

Whether this also works with alias domains needs to be tested.

If there are many subdomains that all need to be redirected, it may be better at the moment to create a directory, e.g., “redirects,” symlink the .htaccess there, and assign all subdomains to this directory as the root directory.