Re: [cobalt-users] Pointers - RaQ 4r

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This is another question that I am sure has been asked, but not sure the
> best way to do this.

You are correct. It has been asked many times.

> I have some users that would like to have one primary website, lets say
> x.com, and they also have the domain names y.com and z.com. The user would
> like to have y and z.com point to x.com. The address bar in the browser
> should still say z.com even when the data that it is pulling is from x.com.
> I was told that the best way to do this is to create a virtual site for each
> entry, then edit the httpd.conf file and change the path of the pointer web
> sites to read from the directory of the main site. This works, but it really
> does not seem like the best way to do things. Can't you do it with simple
> DNS entries?
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions, please post them.

Here are some threads that I found with a quick search:

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-June/046243.html

http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2000-August/019619.html

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#serveralias

HTH,
j