Domain name problem

[lazyjimmy]

Hello guys,

I would like to ask: how do I use "user.domainname.com" instead of "domainname.com/~user"?

Thanks

[mitto]

create a subdoman and redirect it to the user's home directory!

[lazyjimmy]

Thanks for the reply mitto. may I know how do i create a subdomain? by configuring httpd.conf or apache2.conf?

Thank you for the reply again!

[mitto]

I think you need to edit the httpd.conf and have to add the new virtual host entry in it which has

ServerName = your subdomain
DocumentRoot = your path to that file.

That all need to do

[Roxoff]

I think you need to edit the httpd.conf and have to add the new virtual host entry in it which has

ServerName = your subdomain
DocumentRoot = your path to that file.

That all need to do

There's just a litte bit more to it than that. Here's what you do:

1. Adapt your DNS system so that user.yourdomain.com resolves to www.yourdomain.com or just yourdomain.com

2. Set up a new virtual host in your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, these are normally at the end of the file, and should look a bit like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin serveradmin@yourdomain.com
  DocumentRoot <put your web pages path here>
  ServerName user.yourdomain.com
  ServerAlias user
  ServerPath /user
</VirtualHost>

3. Add a Directory entry in the httpd.conf file to set the access permissions for the new directory - these are normally all together in the middle of the file; something like this:

<Directory "<put your web pages path here>">
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride None
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>

4. Check, and if necessary fix, the premissions on the web pages path - the httpd process must have read access.

5. Restart the httpd service - usually 'service httpd restart' or '/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart'