Re: [cobalt-users] Okay, if you peeps will pardon a Newbie question

[shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Shawn Ennis)]

thanx, except one small problem, I know nothing about scripts, how to write
them, how to implement them, LUCKILY we also have a RaQ4, so I imagine we'll
switch their job functions. Thanx again

David Payer wrote:

> > We just got the Qube 3. How do I assign a user value to a domain name in
> > the cobalt. ie  how do I point      name.com to 63.81.84.210/~user/
> > instead of just 63.81.84.210, it doesn't seem to allow me that choice.
> > I'd really appreciate some help.
> >
>
> You can't using DNS, you can only resolve DNS queries to an IP address or to
> an alias for another name (which points to an IP address). There are some
> redirector scripts available. This is one difference with the RAQ vs. the
> Qube, the RAQ allows you to do multihoming (many host/domain names) on one
> IP. It simply puts them in SITE1, SITE2, etc. As I understand it, the Qube
> was not intended for this.
>
> Answers your question?
>
> David Payer
> www.iowalink.com
>
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