Re: [cobalt-users] Subdomains as seperate virtual sites

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 17 November 2002 08:46, Steven Young wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a virtual site (www.mydomain.tld) but would also like to create
> two additional virtual sites (www2.mydomain.tld and www3.mydomain.tld)
> but the trouble is the GUI will not allow multiple virtual sites to be
> added with the same domain name even if they have unique 'host' names.
>
> I can do this by following Gerald's post from ealier this year
> (http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2002-February/063327.html
> ) and creating a custom httpd conf to handle the virtual site, but I
> need the additional subdomain virtual sites to be normal virtual sites,
> accessible and configurable by seperate site admins via the RaQs GUI.
>
> I have also got close to what I want with the instructions at
> http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/raqfaqshow.php?faq=62 by adding the
> subdomain as part of the domain name in the GUI's 'add virtual site'
> page but a 'host' name is also required and I don't want something like
> www.subdomain.mydomain.tld, I just want a nice clean
> subdomain.mydomain.tld :-)
>
> Is what I want, possible? Or should I forget about GUI management for
> them and follow the custom httpd conf method?
>
What happens if you leave the hostname blank and 
put www2.domain.tld in the domain name text block.

Of course the domain will only be available with the 'www2'

Gerald
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