How do I setup: sub domain forward to user folder [Archive]

cbtrussell

07-19-2002, 10:38 PM

zbco
WHT Addict

Registered: Apr 2001
Posts: 157
Couldn't find it in the forum again
HI

This is something I saved from WHT months ago....

This makes a http://subdomain.xxx.xxx point to http://xxx.xxx/subdomain

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Yes it can.

I did a post on the cobalt users group for adding additional domains, which can include sub domains. Also how to set up email, so here it is:

I am going to explain how to point one domain to a dirctory of any exsisting site. Also share the same email!

Bear in mind that editing system files technically invalidates your
warranty (but then how can anyone administer a Raq properly without editing system files....).

I have found that you SHOULD NOT make your entries in httpd.conf!

You should make a extra config file out side of your httpd.conf file.
The reason I am explaining it this way is so if you add sites
via your control panel in the future you don't run the risk off wiping out any mods you may have made.

You will make ONE addition to the http.conf file and that is all.

You will not need to make a virtual site with the control panel
at all. You will need to add the DNS setting via your control panel
though.

Now here we go, ready?

First off, decide what IP # you want the domain to use, for example lets say it is 123.123.123.123

Go into your admin control panel, click control panel button, click
parameters for your domain name system, add your (A) records.

For example lets call the domain name secondsite.com

Now add the domain name that you are going to use to point to another directory of a fully set up site on your Raq, with the IP you decided to use, this don't have to be the same IP as the first site. Add 2 (A) records here, one with the "www" and one with out. While you are at it add a MX record I will explain how to set point email at another site to, lets get the domain name working first.

You should have:
secondsite.com -> 123.123.123.123
www.secondsite.com -> 123.123.123.123
secondsite.com Very-High priority secondsite.com

Save the domain name by clicking "Save changes to the DNS Server"

Go back to the control panel then click "Save Changes"

YOU ARE NOW DONE IN THE CONTROL PANEL TIME TO HEAD TO TELNET!

Telnet into your raq using you admin username and password.

when you get to the prompt type:

su -

it will ask for a password, normally this would be your admin
password again. After this, should be logged into your raq via
telnet as root.

Back up to the "root" of the drive by typing:
cd /

Back up your httpd.cong file by typing:
cp /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.backup

Now change to the directory /etc/httpd/conf by typing:
cd /etc/httpd/conf

Now here is where you will make your ONE change to the
httpd.conf file.

Edit the file by typing:

pico httpd.conf

You should now be in the pico text editor, hold down your
control key and hit V until you get all the way to the very
bottom and add this line:

Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra.conf

Make sure I in include is capitalized.

hold down your control key again and hit X, it should ask
if you want to save the file, say yes.

Now, lets make your "extra" config file. Just as the line I
told you to add to the httpd.conf file, lets name this file
extra.conf (your "extra" domains, the way I phrase it)

type:

touch extra.conf

This creates a blank, empty file called extra.conf

Now open that file up in PICO!!

Type:

pico extra.conf

In here you will add the setting for your extra domains.

You need to add the following, but first you will need
the actual site number of the domain you want to point the
second domain to, let for example say it is site52 and the
directory name is called "other"

Now add the following, but between {HTTP_HOST} AND !^123.123 use the TAB key. {CBT NOTE: 2 TABS, ON NEXT TWO LINES AS WELL} The following also has to look just like this, none of these lines can wrap to the next line or it will cause errors:

<VirtualHost 123.123.123.123>
ServerName www.secondsite.com
ServerAdmin admin
DocumentRoot /home/sites/site52/web/other
ServerAlias secondsite.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^123.123.123.123(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.secondsite.com (:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.secondsite.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .cgi
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .pl
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddType text/html .shtml
</VirtualHost>

(Just a quick note, when I do this, I suggest that the user
add a pop/ftp account and I point the second domain name there,
in this case if you create a username "jdoe" you could use this in
the above instruction:
"DocumentRoot /home/sites/site52/users/jdoe/web"
This keeps the second site in its own area all together and you can give their own FTP access, they can't use FrontPage though, unless someone else knows how to do this)

There, now hold down your control key and hit X, and save the file.

Now lets get this to work. You will have to restart httpd!

Do this by typing:

cd /

then type:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop

wait a few seconds then type:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

You could just type:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

but I have found stopping and then starting works better, don't
ask me why, just have.

It should now work. Type typing secondsite.com and www.secondsite.com in the browser. If it is not working, then you may have done something wrong.

If you want to add another domain name here, just append to this file by opening it up and adding more settings to the end, like,

<VirtualHost 123.123.123.123>
ServerName www.secondsite.com
ServerAdmin admin
DocumentRoot /home/sites/site52/web/other
ServerAlias secondsite.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^123.123.123.123(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.secondsite.com (:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.secondsite.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .cgi
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .pl
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddType text/html .shtml
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 123.123.123.123>
ServerName www.thirdsite.com
ServerAdmin admin
DocumentRoot /home/sites/site52/web/directory
ServerAlias thirdsite.com
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^123.123.123.123(:80)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.thirdsite.com(:80)?$
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.thirdsite.com/$1 [L,R]
RewriteOptions inherit
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .cgi
AddHandler cgi-wrapper .pl
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddType text/html .shtml
</VirtualHost>

NOW THE EMAIL PART!!!!!!!!

First make sure you are at the root of your drive by typing:
cd /

then backup the files that you will be editing by typing:
cp /etc/sendmail.cw /etc/sendmail.cw.backup

and:
cp /etc/virtusertable /etc/virtusertable.backup

Then edit the files as required by typing:
pico -w /etc/mail/some user list file ?

Go to the very end of the file and type:

secondsite.com
www.secondsite.com

Then Ctrl-X to exit from pico and save the file

now type:
pico -w /etc/virtusertable

Go to the end of the file beneath the line that reads "# Put custom
additions below" and type:

@secondsite.com %1@secondsite.com
@www.secondsite.com %1@secondsite.com

{CBT NOTE: %1@firstsite.com}

(them are not spaces, us your TAB key between .com and %1)
Then Ctrl-X to exit from pico and save the file

This sets it up so you can share two domains with one user account jdoe@secondsite.com can get email at jdoe@firstsite.com

Then at the command prompt type:
/usr/bin/makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable < /etc/mail/virtusertable

then type:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart

This will restart the email server.

Now you should be set up so that jdoe@firstdomain will get email
for jdoe@secondsite.com

Hope this helps.

__________________
L. James Prevo

Copied from original post from LJP per above! I seem to recall I didn't make 'CBT NOTES' on the mail file locations, but they're listed for a RaQ3, a RaQ4 is slightly different but easily determined.

Brandon