Re: [cobalt-users] Default User Webpage - Working!

["Tarun Dua" <tarundua@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you have catchall sub-domains for your sites then you can try this method
of using username.domain.com . after
you have made the * DNS entries for the domains you provide name services
for.
Then try this
http://wha.websensei.com/Zephir.cgi?lib=Wiki&page=subdomains


Regards

--
Tarun Dua

> Interestingly enough, I just realised that when I set the AliasMatch to
have
> no tilde I cannot access the virtual site master page
> (/home/sites/site1/web/index.html)! Going to www.hostname.com just gives
me
> a list of the files in that directory (index.html, parent directory). If I
> click on index.html, it will not load it (page not found). By changing the
> AliasMatch I have obviously changed something else! I think that is why we
> make backups...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Martin
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:07 PM
> To: 'cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Default User Webpage - Working!
>
>
> I needed to add the following line to my httpd.conf:
>
> AliasMatch ^/([^/]+)(/(.*))? /home/sites/site1/users/$1/web/$3
>
> I can now access users webpages from either www.domainname.com/username or
> www.domainname.com/~username - The Marketing department will be happy :)
>
> Thanks to Gerald for the pointers :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Martin
> Sent: 01 August 2002 14:06
> To: 'cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Default User Webpage
>
> I've been trying to get this working for a while but haven't had any
> success:
>
> 1. www.domainname.com/~username1 works okay.
> 2. www.domainname.com/users/username1 doesn't work and doesn't seem to be
> the same as link 1.
>
> I tried a few combinations of creating symbolic links from
/home/sites/site1
> to my user (/home/sites/site1/users/username1), including linking to the
sub
> directory "web", but none seem to work.
>
> Where am I going wrong?!?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Kriwitsky [mailto:list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 July 2002 08:34
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Default User Webpage
>
> > Does anyone know how to change the default webpage of a user
> > created on a RAQ4 from www.domain.com/~username1 to
> www.domain.com/username1. (i.e. I want to drop the tilde). I have
> searched around in vain for this - I can't see the parameter in
> httpd.conf or srm.conf (which is where I would expect it).
>
>
> www.domain.com/username1 would need to be under the main /web directory.
> Right now, www.domain.com/~username1 is really
> www.domain.com/users/username1
>
> I recall there were some posts in the archives about symlinks and user
> directories so that you link /web/users/username1 to /web/username1 or
> then you can even name the /web/username1 directory to something more
> normal and not need to expose your usernames that way.
> http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-January/033146.html I
> found pretty quickly searching symlink user directory web
> --
> Dan Kriwitsky
> 
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