Subdomain stop auto-creating directory

[dgware]

I have a subdomain; xxx.domain.com which redirects to domain.com/xxx but it also keeps creating the xxx directory in public_html.

How do I stop the creating of this directory. When I delete it, it comes back after a week or so.

 

[dalem]

don't create a sub domain just park it

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Could you elaborate a little more on the existing configuration in place? You mentioned a redirect to a sub-directory, but then also mentioned deleting that same sub-directory. cPanel should not automatically create directories on it's own without you creating the subdomain in the UI. Do you have any other third-party applications or scripts installed that could be creating the directory?

Thank you.

 

[dgware]

Hello

Could you elaborate a little more on the existing configuration in place? You mentioned a redirect to a sub-directory, but then also mentioned deleting that same sub-directory. cPanel should not automatically create directories on it's own without you creating the subdomain in the UI. Do you have any other third-party applications or scripts installed that could be creating the directory?

Thank you.

I created a subdomain in the UI: xxx.domain.com and the directory as public_html
I then created a .htaccess file with the following content:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxx.domain.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/domain\.com\/xxx" [R=301,L]


domain.com/xxx is not a directory, it's an application route. Cpanel automatically keeps creating the xxx directory which breaks the route.

 

[cPanelMichael]

cPanel should not be automatically creating directories without user actions. Please open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look. You can post the ticket number here so we can update this thread with the outcome.

Thank you.

 

[dgware]

Support ticket: 4401173

 

[cPanelMichael]

To update, the user was recommended to modify the .htaccess and list owa as an application route. EX:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^owa/
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Thank you.