Wildcard Subdomains?

[stmadeveloper]

Kids.... is there a way to set up apache so EVERY account created has wildcard subdomains automatically?

I'm not a server admin, but it seems to me it should be possible.... just need a point in the right direction.

 

[argh01]

I believe you can put rewrite rules into the httpd.conf file,and rewrite for everyone *.domain.tld to domain.tld/* ... but when you ask this question, I'm not sure if you're speaking apache-wise or dns-wise. You can probably do something depending on how your dns fulfilment is written to add a line for wildcard resolution at the end of the file.

Did that make any sense?
You need 2 things, you need people to be able to type in "subdomain.domain.tld" and get somewhere (dns) and you need something to show them when they get there (apache).

 

[stmadeveloper]

Both basically... just trying to make a little shortcut to setting up wordpress mu sites. Usually I have to do both steps - both modify the dns zones, and then manually edit the httpd file.

Since I'm looking to put a few hundred up that is going to suck. I can put the files in the skeleton folder so they are put on the domain upon creation - now I'm just trying to figure out how to automate setting up the wildcard subdomains, then I'll tackle database creation I suppose.