How do i make sub-server directories?

[n0l1m17z]

I know this isn't exactly a matter of security, as such, but I'm having trouble finding a useful guide on how to make a sub-server directory (at least that's what I think it's called). I may be using the wrong terminology here, what I wanna do is make something like "http://www.example.domain.com". I would prefer to do it by ftp.
Thanks in advantage!

[Goatboy]

The correct term is a subdomain. And I think you are confused as to what FTP is used for. With FTP you can upload the files that make up a website, but you can't actually configure with it. Unless you overwrite the config file, which is probably not allowed. Bear in mind that you must own the domain name to make a subdomain on it. In most cases, anyways.

I know in Apache you can use Virtual Hosts to accomplish this. Read this link for more info.

[n0l1m17z]

Wicked response-time.

Alrite, I thought there might be a way to place/name a directory on the server to accomplish it. I do own the domain, the setup in question is running with cPanel. I'll check out your link right away!

-- Tue May 18, 2010 11:58 am --

Oh, I figured how to eaaaasily do it through Cpanel, however I'm desperate to figure out how it works, so thanks for the link, I'll study it till I understand it

[tremor77]

Subdomains are ultimately a configuration of DNS.

If you own www.example.com - you can set the A record and host for that to 123.123.123.101 for example, on which a web server resides. NOW TECHNICALLY in this example "www" IS the subdomain.

Now lets say you have a second actually webserver, you could create a DNS entry for www2.example.com pointing to 123.123.123.102.

That's the basics.. you can move forward from there within your web server software by using the hosts configuration.. www & www2 could both point to the same IP address, however the server will interpret them to different locations.. perhaps

home/user1/html_root/ & home/user1/html_root/www2/

OR you could setup individual user or web accounts under the same domain.. here is an example of a configuration that I actually use

home/bob/html_root/ = bob.example.com
home/joe/html_root/ = joe.example.com

this is all however, if you run your own webserver, most hosting companies simplify all this within their admin cp's.