subdomain conf..

I want to configure a subdomain in my server..like http://user.domain.com
It should point to another folder htdocs/users instead of htdocs.
I have try <virtualhost> in my httpd.cong file but it doesnt work, i heard something about CNAME. Is cname what it needs to have changes? what is and where is that cname?

Can somebody help me with this?

I would like to do the same thing on my server and have not been able to figure out how to do it. Could someone please help us out? Thanks!

I am trying to do the same thing. Could somebody please help?

Thanks in advance,

Bakassi.

I have done it many times (successfully) using the example config that comes near the end of httpd.conf.

example (works for me anyway )

<VirtualHost sub.domain.com>
ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.com
DocumentRoot /usr/www/sub.domain.com/
ServerName sub.domain.com
ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/sub.domain.com_error_log
</VirtualHost>

And vhola, it works for me.

One way, I have done this is to create a new virtual host directive.

For example,
<VirtualHost 172.5.43.23>
ServerName sub.domain.net
DocumentRoot /home/siteuser/public_html/
</VirtualHost>

Want to forward it to another domain? No problem...

<VirtualHost 172.5.43.23>
ServerName sub.domain.net
Redirect / http://www.otherdomain.com
</VirtualHost>

Best regards,
Frank

Thanks four your help, the <virtualhost> is working perfect, but one thing i cant do is to give @otherdomains.com mail to people.
Anyone can help me with this.

Regards.