[support] multisite

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Jacob Roufa <jacob.roufa at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Jacob Roufa <jacob.roufa at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have a multisite setup that works great. It allows me two different
>> sites
>> > using one Drupal core codebase just as promised. It works better and
>> easier
>> > than redirecting to different domain names using Apache Virtual Hosts.
>> > However, I have one issue with it. When I create a symbolic link, in the
>> > sites folder, for each site (i.e. sitename linked to
>> sitename.domain.tld) so
>> > that I can visit it not only by sitename, I am directed to a different
>> site
>> > in my browser.
>> >
>> > In my browser, when I go to http://sitename and log in, then visit
>> > http://sitename.domain.tld I'm not logged in! But they're the same
>> thing,
>> > one's just a symbolic link to the other! I really am confused and
>> wondering
>> > if this is proper behavior because it doesn't seem like it.
>> >
>>
>> Maybe because you don't have your virtual site setup properly.  Is
>> http://sitename an alias of http://sitename.domain.tld?  Are you using
>> the exact same database tables or different database tables for your
>> multiple sites?
>>
> Yes, in my sites folder sitename1 is a symlink of sitename1.domain.tld and
> the same for sitename2. Sitename1 and sitename2 use different databases. And
> I'm assuming that because sitename1 is just an alias for
> sitename1.domain.tld they use the same database, and the same with sitename2
> and its host sitename2.domain.tld. I hope this is clear. I set up multisite
> according to the guides on d.o.
>

You're not logged in to http://sitename.domain.tld because it is a 
different session cookie than http://sitename.  If you wish the same 
session cookies then in the settings.php file set the $base_url.

$base_url = http://sitename.domain.tld

Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
-- http://give-me-an-offer.com/