Re: [cobalt-users] Accessing Site By Host Name

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christopher VanOosterhout <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have created a site named www.domain.com and one named web.domain.com.
>
> For some reason I can not get to web.domain.com.  I also have
> web.domain.com set up to give Web access by domain.  So, when a user simply
> accesses domain.com the URL resolves out to web.domain.com and I get the
> following error message:
>
> Socket Error - Host name lookup for 'web.domain.com' failed
>
> www.domain.com does work properly ... the web.domain.com continues to not
> allow me to connect.  This is the first time that I have tried to set up an
> alternate host name for a domain that was already working properly under
> another host name.
>
> Am I missing something?  Is this a DNS entry related problem?
>
> (oh by the way there is also a c-name entry for this domain in my ISP's DNS
> pointing forums.domain.com to www.anothersite.com --- if that makes any
> difference).

You do have an A record in DNS setup for web.domain.com, don't you?  Post all of the
DNS records associated with domain.com.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}