dns uniquness in linux help

[ranjitcool]

Hey Guys,

We have a nameserver(DNS) on freebsd which the other linux admin works on.

We had switched webservers and that created a problem to an ftp user who uploads her pics to our webserver.

www.sitename.com/~username/ is her account

and she uploads at ftp://sitename.com

since we moved the server she cant do that, now i thought of this which the other admin says its not possible but i dont believe so.

what if i add a dns alias entry as (cname)

www.sitename.com/~username/ point to old server
ftp://sitename.com point to old server

www.sitename.com (new website main domain) point to new server

can i do this?

Please assist

Thanks
RJ

[ranjitcool]

bumping the post

[Lazydog]

You cannot do that. DNS service is only host-to-ip or ip-to-host.

[ranjitcool]

A friend of mine had 2 domain ips and using one server he had it such as,

ip1 - www.sitename.com
ip2 - www.sitename.com/anothersite/

how did he do that in virtualhosts?

RJ

[Lazydog]

Don't know why don't you ask your friend. But I do know it's not DNS doing this.