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

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

> > 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

This might not be what you're looking for, but it's a shot.
Check out Jeff Bilicki's shell tools. They do amazing things. Write up what
you want to do in a php or cgi file, find a way to pass it to the shell
tools, and see if it works.
It's also possible to have custom-created DNS records without all of the
clicking involved; check out Moritz's automated signup scripts for examples.
(Just do a search for Moritz or automated signup scripts in the archives.)

CarrieB