First off — does your server allow overrides in .htaccess files? If not, you need to get that turned on. My server has AllowOverride All set in its config file, which then allows my .htaccess rules to function.
Does alias.com point to the same directory as actual.com? If not, then you need to put a .htaccess file in the alias.com root.
Also, if I understand your requirements correctly, the .htaccess file for alias.com needs to contain this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.alias.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.actual.com/content/ [R=301,L]
References
Apache’s Config File &
URL Rewriting docs
I also have a mod_rewrite from http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/ but that site seems to be down now.
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