My development server has a Windows XP os. The "DNS server" test at "Administer › Site configuration › Subdomain settings" is failing because wildcard characters for a WIndows XP hosts file is not supported. Is there a way around this or will I have to have an entry in the hosts file for every subdomain I want to setup in the Subdomain Module?

The production server will be Linux so this will not be a problem for me there. And I plan to eventually move the development server to a Linux os also.

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setvik commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Yes, the Windows hosts file does not support wildcard domains.

Windows Server 2000 & 2003 have a DNS service which allows wildcard subdomains.

On XP, you'll either need to manually enter in the subdomains in your hosts file, setup Bind for Windows, or find some 3rd party DNS server software for xp.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.