Re: [cobalt-users] main site URL without www

[Ryan Cashin <rdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  I'm sure this is in the archive, but I can't find it, and I really have
>  tried. The closest I could get was
>  http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-June/046008.html where
>  Johan Pretorius seems to ask the right question but there is no followup.
>
>  For the main site on the server, how does one make URLs both with and
>  without the www bit work? I have tried removing the www bit in the DNS
>  server and then using
>
>  ServerAlias *mysite.com
>
>  in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, but that makes the URL work without the www
>  but not with. I also tried
>
>  ServerAlias www.mysite.com - same result.
>
>  If I put the www back in the DNS, the URL won't work with the www regardless
>  of what I use in the ServerAlias line.
>
>  Is there a solution other than making this site a virtual site rather than
>  the main site?
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Eddie Bishop

put an A record in dns from domain.com -> ip.ip.ip.ip
and either another A for www -> ip.ip.ip.ip
.. or a CNAME for www -> domain.com