[MPlayer-mirror] Virtual hosting requirement

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:04:06PM -0700, Mike Melanson wrote:
> Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:52:54AM -0700, Mike Melanson wrote:
> >> Since I upgraded the hosting plan for multimedia.cx a few months ago, I
> >> would like to put the absurd limits to good use. To that end, I would
> >> like to help mirror mphq.
> >>
> >> Reading through the HOWTO on the matter, my top concern is whether it is
> >> absolutely required to add new virtual hosts to the web server? I don't
> >> know if I can do that with my host.
> > 
> > Do you want to mirror FTP or WWW?
> > 
> > Without virtual hosts it is a bit pointless since much of the traffic is
> > generated by the DNS round-robin mirrors, i.e. www.mplayerhq.hu and
> > ftp.mplayerhq.hu...
> 
> Everything has to go through my cPanel console. I have something called
> parked domains:
> 
> 'Domain pointers allow you to "point" or "park" additional domain names
> to your existing hosting account.'
> 
> 'Domains must be registered with a valid registrar before they can be
> parked. In addition, they will not be functional unless they are
> configured to point to your DNS servers.'

Hmm, that sounds like it might not be possible.  Can you set it up to
react to www.mplayerhq.hu, yes or no?

Please answer my question: What would you be mirroring, FTP or WWW?

Diego