Re: [cobalt-developers] Sub Domains

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> "Sean McCabe" <flare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> > > Ok, I am fairly new to the Cobalt world.  This is the first one I have
> > > owned.  I have the Raq3 and would like to set up some sub domains
> > <snip>.
<big snip
> > Jim Carey wrote
> > <snip>
> > click on Add and "Address (A) Record"
> > type the subdomain name you wish eg mysub and the domain name eg
> > mydomain.com and the ip address that the web site will be on - this will
> > create mysub.mydomain.com
> > if you want to also resolve www.mysub.mydomain.com to that site then:
> > click on Add and "Alias (CNAME) Record"
> > type www.mysub in Alias Host Name
> > mydomain.com in nAlias Domain Name
> > mysub in Target Host Name
> > mydomain.com in Target Domain Name
> > this will make www.mysub.mydomain.com point to mysub.mydomain.com

> I fail to understand what this accomplishes.
> It gives the user an 'A' record and a 'CNAME' record for the subdomain.
> But it does nothing (as I see it) for an actual web site.
> There must be something missing (or I am missing something).
> I would assume that someplace under mydomain.com is a
> directory for mysub.mydomain.com, or a user mysub/web.
> How does it work???
> Gerald
"Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx> writes
Excuse me, while I talk to myself;
I have seen this solution to building a subdomain several times on
this list, and I don't believe it (the solution) builds a subdomain.
It must build a new virtual site "mysub.domain.com"
and that is not a subdomain. It may look like a subdomain
because it has a URL http://mysub.mydomain.com but the
DocumentRoot directory does not fall under mydomain.com

Correct?