A rather unique problem with apache and sub-domains

Hello I need some help with apache and sub-domains. My server setup is very unique and I will try to describe it as best as I can. I am running freebsd 8.0 with the latest version of Apache 2. I have one user in a jail (kind of like a virtual server just a little different) and it is running the same software as the base system. I have one ip address on the server and was able to get both servers (The physical and the jail) working on separate domains. I have configured the dns for a subdomain (for the jail) but I can't get apache to work with it.

Here is my current httpd-vhost.conf

NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost www.crystalwebmail.com:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@crystalwebmail.com
    DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/site
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
    ServerName www.crystalwebmail.com
    Errorlog /var/log/www.crystalwebmail.com-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/www.crystalwebmail.com-access.log common

    <Directory /usr/local/www/site>
        Order allow,deny
        AllowOverride None
        Allow from all
        Options -Indexes
    </Directory>

	Alias /trunk /usr/local/www/project/trunk
    <Directory /usr/local/www/project/trunk>
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost forum.crystalwebmail.com:80>
ServerName forum.crystalwebmail.com
ServerAlias forum.*
ServerAdmin webmaster@crystalwebmail.com
DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/forum
</VirtualHost>

Code (markup):

I am trying to get the forum.crystalwebmail.com to point to /usr/local/www/forum but all that happens is I get my original site. Any ideas? Thanks!

-HD

 

This should work, however, have you tried changing the DocumentRoot of the sub-domain inside of the main domain i.e. move the forums inside the main site and change the DocumentRoot accordingly.

 

I just tried to take the URL "http://forum.crystalwebmail.com" in my browser and it came up nicely. So, I think the problem is resolved.

 

No that is my current domian. I am trying this a on test server and test domain. I want to keep the domain secret though because I have information about my new product on this server. @madaboutlinux that didn't seem to work.... . Any other ideas? Thanks!
-HD

 

Thanks! It was an combination of the httpd.conf, vhosts.conf and simple file permissions.