Dueling Daughters

[Kevin Darcy]

Bill.Light at kp.org wrote:
> OK - Not dueling, but it made a cute subject...
> I have a domain, example.com, and both daughers want a "home" page, so 
> instead of:
>
> example.com/daugtherone   -and-   example.com/daugthertwo
>
> Can I do:  daugtherone.example.com   -and-   daugthertwo.example.com  ??
>
> And I guess, more appropriately, once I have *.example.com.  in a zone 
> file, is this strictly an Apache issue ?
>   
Well, with only 2 names, a wildcard might be overkill, and lead to 
unexpected behavior down the road. Why not just add the 2 names, or 
perhaps have one be an alias of the other (via CNAME)?

To answer your general question, though: yes, once the DNS is set up the 
way you want it, then it's just a matter of configuring your web server 
to match that. Look up "virtual hosts" for more information on how to 
configure the web server, e.g. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/vhosts/. 
Specifically, what you're interested is the so-called "name-based" 
virtual hosting.

                                                                         
                     - Kevin