RE: [cobalt-users] translating subdomain name to username

["Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> no it hasn't Rodolfo - if you read the question again you
> will see that I don't merely want to create a subdomain
> with a different document root , I don't just want to set
> up a series of server alias and document root statements
> in an include.

I now understand what you mean; however, my re-reading of the question
would still have caused me to give you the same answer. Sorry... :(

> was looking for a stage beyond that - to see if it's possible
> to make it generic and have the rewrite rules set to pluck the
> hostname out and substitute it into the username - that way I
> only have to add an A record (or not even that if I use wildcard
> hostnames) and a user to the site - wouldn't have to update the
> httpd.conf include each time I add a new hostname

Ahh... this "generic" part was missing before. Unfortunately, now I
can't help you. :( Your question is (1) way beyond the scope of this
list, and (2) way beyond the scope of my abilities.

If (2) weren't a factor, I'd try to help you off-list. But as yet I have
no idea how to do this, even though other minds here may.

Let me recommend a learning tool I've used quite successfully: other
lists. No sarcasm intended; I subscribe to a list whose topic interests
me (using a secondary, separate email address so I don't care how many
posts there are per day, read the archives and the FAQ, and post a few
questions there.

Then, once I've learned enough to move to the next level, I unsubscribe.
There are some lists I've found to be so useful that I just stay
subscribed. Again, the mail gets pulled down on another account so 700
messages per day don't bother me. This way I keep slowly learning about
the subject, which comes in handy later when I need it again. And
finally, I save every message that comes by in a list folder, so I
create *my own* archives that are easily searchable off-line with
whatever tool I choose. From this list, I have over 17,000 messages;
from the inet-access list, I have over 4000; and so on.

In your case, a visit to www.apache.org and related mailing lists seems
to be in order. I haven't gone that route yet, since the Apache book by
O'Reilly has thus far provided everything I've needed. Sometime, though,
I will.

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