wpmu - wordpress multi user related

[Tenaka]

hi guys,

this is a very specific wpmu question, I really hope someone who has it running can help me.

my problem is when I sign up for a new blog, I get the mail where I have to click on the url to activate my blog but clicking that link gives me a DNS error...

I am attempting a fresh wpmu install on my own server running Debian 3.1 stable, php4.3 mysql 4.024, apache2 2.0.54 and bind 9.2.4. I am trying to install the subdomain version

I am testing this domain: http://zice.ro
the /etc/bind/pri.zice.ro contains this:

zice.ro. A 85.214.51.208
www A 85.214.51.208
mail A 85.214.51.208
*.zice.ro A 85.214.51.208
ftp A 85.214.51.208

so the important section: *.zice.ro A 85.214.51.208 is there.

the apache vhost looks like this:

<VirtualHost 85.214.51.208:80>
Options FollowSymLinks
<Directory /var/www/web5>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
SuexecUserGroup web5_postmaster web5
ServerName www.zice.ro:80
ServerAdmin webmaster@zice.ro
DocumentRoot /var/www/web5/web
ServerAlias zice.ro *.zice.ro

the serveralias *.zice.ro is set, FollowSymlinks is set, the only thing I am unsure about is whether I did ok including that directory directive inside my vhost with AllowOverride

can someone please test? you can go ahead and sign up for testblogs please.

also another question arises: can I get rid of the main site blog residing inside zice.ri/blog/ ?

[falko]

Originally Posted by Tenaka

my problem is when I sign up for a new blog, I get the mail where I have to click on the url to activate my blog but clicking that link gives me a DNS error...

Can you post one of those links here?

[Tenaka]

well, 48 hours after setting all those settings described above I set another record:

* A 85.214.51.208

and now it works. I am not sure if it was a VERY delayed DNS setting (48 hours!?) or a very early one (after the new A record I set) but it works now....

[falko]

It can take up to 72 hours until DNS changes propagate.