UPDATE 2:
Our website is created on RedHat Linux. We are using Apache as the web server software. Basically, we have our website on a LAMP configuration. We use rackspace managed hosting, but they do not manage our dns records. Our DNS records are managed by verizon, for which I have access too also.
UPDATE 1:
How do I create a sub-domain for our existing domain? If our existing domain was companyname.com, we would want a subdomain like users.companyname.com.
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
I've been given access to our dns records and need to create a sub domain. We currently have
companyname.com and www.companyname.com go to our web host at say 00.000.000.00
How do I create a new dns record so we can point users.companyname.com to a folder on our server at 00.000.000.00 instead of it going to the webroot of 00.000.000.00?
Answer
DNS will only point you to the IP/server. Then you must use Apache to direct to a different folder. First setup the CName or A record with Verizon's interface for DNS. Point to the server that will be hosting the site. You can confirm that it works by pinging the name and getting the correct IP back.
Then the next step isn't related to DNS. It's Apache related. If you still have questions about that, start a fresh question or re-flag this as an Apache question.
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