How can I use .htaccess for subdomains?


Hi I would like to make it so that

technologyforever.com/kx3/
becomes
kx3.technologyforever.com

How can this be done?

as in, if someone types in kx3.technologyforever.com it reads from ....com/kx3?

I found a tutorial just for this:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=155054

Originally Posted by mgraphic

I found a tutorial just for this:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=155054

I can't see the code it says something about a license

Sorry . . . .

Hi All

As for Blogs and Free hosting websites we see every user in the website given a unique subdomain, something like user.example.com, Did you ever wonder how this is done? Is the webmaster waiting for new users to activate their sub-domain manually, of course not this must be done automatically, infact automagically
in the following lines you will be learned how to do that in your website.
WARNING: The following tutorial (in Step 1) contains some slight configuration with the webserver, you should ask your webhost to do them for you, or, if you have priviliges to the server be cautious or you will put yourself in endless problems
Again if you dont know how to do that ask for a pro to do it for you.
NOTE:
1- montadaphp.net is to be replaced with your Domain name allover the tutorial.
2- 66.66.66.66 is to be replaced by your website IP (either Shared or Dedicated) allover this tutorial.

Demo:
See what this page leads to: coder.montadaphp.net
or this amine.montadaphp.net


Step 1: Server configuration:
NOTE: be sure to take a backup of the files:
/var/named/montadaphp.net.db
/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

* Execute this command using your Shell program (you can download one HERE):
Code:
pico /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
Note that the path of the file may vary accoring to ur system or config, if you dont find the file in the specified path use the command (locate httpd.conf) to find the right path for you.

Search for something like that:

http://www.montadaphp.net/attachment...tachmentid=281

Where you should replace:
Code:
ServerAlias montadaphp.net www.montadaphp.net
with:
Code:
ServerAlias montadaphp.net www.montadaphp.net *.montadaphp.net
then save the file and Close..


* Then execute this command in Shell window:
Code:
pico /var/named/montadaphp.net.db
Add the following line anywhere in the file:
Code:
*.montadaphp.net. IN A 66.66.66.66
Save and close the file
Restart your Named & httpd services
or restart the whole webserver


Step 2: Writing .htaccess file to redirect subdomains:
Create a new file named .htaccess or edit ur existing file (if there is one) and add the following code:
Code:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.+)\.montadaphp\.net
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.montadaphp.net/member.php?username=%1 [R=301,L]
and upload it to your forum's root (usually public_html)

Done
waiting for comments and questions
Regards
Mahmoud

* Then execute this command in Shell window:
Code:
pico /var/named/montadaphp.net.db
Add the following line anywhere in the file:
Code:
*.montadaphp.net. IN A 66.66.66.66
Save and close the file
Restart your Named & httpd services
or restart the whole webserver

Warning, doing just that will have no effect !!!

DNS files have a serial ID, that is used to tell the other DSN server which version of the zone is served, without thos extra servers to download it.
If you just change that line and don't update the id, the modification will only be valid for PC that uses your DNS server as default for their connections.
Look at this random zone file, I've put the serial number in bold.
The serial number is formated as "year month day number", without spaces.
So, for today, it would start like 200708151 for the first modification, then 200708152 for the second, and so on...

 ;
 ; Zone file for debuntu.foo
 ;
 ; The full zone file
 ;
 $TTL 3D
 @       IN      SOA     ns.debuntu.foo. chantra.debuntu.foo. (
                         200608081       ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
                         8H              ; refresh, seconds
                         2H              ; retry, seconds
                         4W              ; expire, seconds
                         1D )            ; minimum, seconds
 ;
                 NS      ns              ; Inet Address of name server
                 MX      10 mail         ; Primary Mail Exchanger
                 MX      20 mail2        ; Secondary Mail Exchanger
 ;
 ns              A       192.168.1.5
 www             CNAME   www.debuntu.org.
 ftp             CNAME   ns
 gw              A       192.168.1.1
                 TXT     "Network gateway"
 mail            A       192.168.1.2
 mail2           CNAME   otherbox
 otherbox         A      192.168.1.3
                 TXT     "Otherbox"