[Slashcode-development] newbie question -sharing content between subdomains

[Imtiaz A k. <kha...@gm...>]

Hi,
I was finally able to setup slashcode and get it working as well as get 
subdomains going. I used multiple virtual users and multiple databases 
for the subdomains. Now my question is :

   1. *Is it possible to have one central database for all of the
      subdomains?*  This way, when a user logs into the homepage or any
      of the subdomains, he will be logged into the entire site (this is
      what we want).  It also may be easier to set up the subdomains to
      pull from this central database according to different parameters
      (for example: only display rock stories).
   2. I see on slashdot.org that they have multiple stories listed on
      the front page and these come from different subdomains. Is that a
      plugin at work and if yes what should I be looking at?

I would very much like to have a single sign-on for all subdomains and 
content sharing between all, however if that is not something slashcode 
provides as a functionality is it atleast possible to get content from 
subdomains listed on the main page as is done on slashdot.org.

Thanks in advance for your help

Warm Regards
Imtiaz
kha...@gm...