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[bumfilter]

Hello,

Is there anything that is similar to a CNAME record but can point to a directory also?

For instance, say I wanted:

subdomain.maindomain.com

to point to:

whatever.seconddomain.com/folder/

I know with a CNAME I can get it to go as far as the full domain name but not the folder. Anyway to achieve this?

Thanks!

[ayksolutions]

use mod_rewrite. That will help you achieve it.

[bumfilter]

I can't use that, the destination server cannot be re-configured in anyway, shape or form.

I can control the "maindomain.com" but I'm using the "seconddomain.com" server to offload content serving, so if mod_rewrite could achieve this, it would have to be done in a way that didn't cause any sort of output buffer.

Thanks

[ub3r]

dns and httpd are two completely different services. You would have to use mod_rewrite, or possibly php to redirect the traffic based on the requested uri.