I'm trying to setup a small web hosting service on my computer at home where users within my subdomain get their own hosting directory. ie. richard.mydomain.com => /etc/www/html/richard/ steven.mydomain.com => /etc/www/html/steven/ How would I make this possible? are subdomain handled by the nameserver or by apache? what tools would i need? I am currently own a domain, with A edits forwarded to my computer IP. running Red Hat 7.2 and Apache 1.3

Open httpd.conf and add something like the following: ServerAdmin vajra@quadratic.net DocumentRoot /home/vajra/public_html/poperotica ServerName www.poperotica.com ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/www.poperotica.com-error_log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/www.poperotica.com_log combined ServerAdmin monkeyboy@spankme.org DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mboy ServerName monkeyboy.spankme.org ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/monkeyboy.spankme.org-error_log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/monkeyboy.spankme.org_log combined ServerAdmin david@quadratic.net DocumentRoot /mp3 ServerName mp3.quadratic.net ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/mp3.quadratic.net-error_log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/mp3.quadratic.net_log combined ... and read the following: http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Administration/MoreApache/MoreApache1/page1.html

Each subdomain must be present in the dns zone. At the end of the httpd.conf apache config file, you must add them in "virtual host" section. For each of them, you can specify home directory and options. "VIRTUAL HOST 1.1.1.1" ServerAdmin sub1@domain.com DocumentRoot /home/httpd/sub1root ServerName sub1.domain.com ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/sub1-error_log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/sub1-access_log common "VIRTUAL HOST" "VIRTUAL HOST 1.1.1.2" ServerAdmin sub2@domain.com DocumentRoot /home/httpd/sub2root ServerName sub2.domain.com ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/sub2-error_log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/sub2-access_log common "VIRTUAL HOST"

With each subdomain/virtual host created how do i notify the DNS table? Will i need to start a named server?

If you are already hosting your domain zone, just edit the zone and reload it. Add entry for each subdomain.

i wrote this in apache 1.3.24 (windows2k pro) and it didnt work, can somebody help me (drystun@hotmail.com) "VIRTUAL HOST 64.231.50.50" ServerAdmin drystun@hotmail.com DocumentRoot c:/mp3/downloads ServerName mp3.myserver.com ServerAlias mp3.myserver.com ErrorLog c:/log/httpd/mp3-error_log CustomLog c:/log/httpd/mp3-access_log common "VIRTUAL HOST"