Questions tagged [domain]
A collection of computers or other networked resources.
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How do I prevent Apache from answering requests for domains I don't host?
Someone has pointed their domain (www.bomberball.net) to the same IP as my domain (www.kapparate.com) , and Google is now showing the former when searching for Kapparate, rather than the latter. What'...
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Why does Heroku warn against "naked" domain names?
I ran across this page in the Heroku docs...
Naked domains, also called bare or apex domains, are configured in DNS via A-records and have serious availability implications when used in highly ...
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My public website name and AD domain name are the same. How can I get to my external website from inside my network?
I am using my domain example.orgin my firm. I can use www.example.orgto view my website. If I try http://example.org from outsite my firm there is no problem, but if I try it from inside, my windows ...
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How should I setup separate MX records for a subdomain?
Let's say I have a domain that I run a web application on, for example cranketywidgets.com, and I'm using Google Apps for handling email for people working on that domain, for example, support@ ...
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How the heck is http://to./ a valid domain name?
Apparently it's a URL shortener. It resolves just fine in Chrome and Firefox. How is this a valid top-level domain?
Update: for the people saying it's browser shenanigans, why is it that: http://com./...
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What is the difference between a hostname and a fully qualified domain name?
I am new to the world of setting up servers and am baffled by the term hostname and fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
For example, if I want to set up a server that hosts files on the local network ...
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Do I have to buy a second wildcard certificate for a subdomain?
We already have a wildcard certificate for *.mycompany.com. Our network has hosts that are only reachable internally. All of them belong to the internal.mycompany.com subdomain. There is a private ...
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PTR record (rDNS) for multiple domains on a shared IP address
I host multiple domains on a single IP address:
cats.com
A @ --> 10.20.30.40
A mail --> 10.20.30.40
MX @ --> mail
dogs.com
A @ --> 10.20.30.40
A mail --> 10.20.30.40
MX @ --> ...
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Another domain name pointing to my server IP?
I was checking out my reverse-DNS entry of my domain the other day which is run from a dedicated server.
I noticed that another person/company had their domain pointing to my server? I have no idea ...
Tom
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Permanently blocking a domain in iptables
Suppose I want to block Facebook permanently. To do this, I have followed following processes:
#host -t a www.facebook.com
Sample output:
www.facebook.com has address 69.171.224.40
Find CIDR
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Domains and 'Private Registration Services'
Last year i registered a few domains, with a 5th i could get free privacy which is what i wanted. My total was $43 for 5 domains and privacy.
Now i need to renew them. I have the cost of the 5 ...
user274
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Reverse DNS Lookup from the Command Line
I'd like to get a list of all domains pointed to a certain IP address. Is there a way to get this information from the command line?
Nothing like "host", "nslookup" or "dig -x". Those return the ...
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Testing nameserver configuration using it
I have configured my nameserver, and I want to test it before letting it go online. So, how could I say that a specific domain (let's say example.com) should be resolve using a specific nameserver (...
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Cannot join client to domain (non virtual, DNS issue)
I'm running Windows Server 2012 R2 and have a Windows 7 Professional Laptop (non virtual, all physical) that I cannot join to the domain I created.
I am trying to join the Windows 7 client to my ...
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How to make domain point to another web directory?
My client gave me limited access to his webserver. At the moment, I have 2 versions of the same website and they are
/home/public_html/
and
/home/public_html/newversion/
I want to point mydomain....
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Can I create a top level TLD? (.michael for instance)
It appears that ICANN is allowing the creation of top level domains. Instead of 'registering' a domain, you would essentially be signing up to be a registrar (you'd be giving out registrations on ...
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Create Unix Named Socket from the Command Line
Is there a command similar to mkfifo but for domain sockets?
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Setting up SPF and DKIM records of a subdomain
I need to setup SPK and DKIM record for mail.mydomain.com. I have set the following at namecheap -
For SPF -
Record type :TXT
Hostname : mail.mydomain.com
Value : v=spf1 ip4:x.x.x.x ~all
For ...
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Kerberos Authentication for workstations not on domain
I have a base understanding of how Kerberos works in an Active Directory environment and the methods it uses to authenticate users and workstations onto the network, but my question is.. since ...
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When are DNS "glue" (or "host") records needed?
I kind of know why glue records are needed (cyclic dependencies), but when are they needed? Are they only needed when setting a domain's nameservers to my own machine on the internet - like "ns1....
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Can I setup an MX record for a particular user email address?
I would like to configure 2 MX records :
- One MX record that identifies an email server to the domain @mycompany.com that will handle all of the emails except one email
- Another MX Record that will ...
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How do Windows domain clients behave if the domain controller is offline?
If I have Windows PCs that are joined to a domain and the domain controller goes offline, what kind of behavior can I expect on the clients (assuming there is no second DC?)
Will users be able log on?...
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Which DHCP Client OS Support DHCP Option 119 Domain Suffix Search?
The ability for DHCP servers (Microsoft, ISC, VitalQIP, IPControl, Infoblox, etc.) to deliver DHCP Option 119 - Domain Suffix Search Lists has been around for a long time. Initially, DHCP Client ...
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Getting a domain name off of the blacklist
I have a friend who purchased a domain name recently that he found out (after buying it) is apparently blocked by many corporate firewalls or proxies b/c it's been tagged as porn by the blacklist db ...
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Domain renewal/expiration date for european domains (whois)
How can I get from the console information about domain expiration date for european domains, like .eu, .de, .sk?
For .com domains I just use whois example.com, but for european domains I get just ...
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How to tell what time a domain user logged in?
In the "Security" event log on a Windows 2003 domain controller, I see several entries of event 540 -- "Successful Network Logon" averaging a few minutes apart throughout the day.
Is the first one of ...
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Allow Domain Users to install software on their computers
How would I go about allowing a 'domain user' to install software on their computer. I have active directory and group policy in place. Is there a setting in group policy that would allow this? I don'...
Christa
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How to hide a trusted domain in the logon screen?
I need to create a bidirectional trust between two Active Directory domains. But management is worried that users will be puzzled out when seeing another domain name in the drop-down list in the ...
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Configure proper DNS records for separate web host and e-mail server
I'm inheriting a mess and I need your help to straighten it out.
The two primary objectives are to alter the DNS records for 'Example.com' so that the "internally hosted" email server (Domain ...
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Can a windows 2008 R2 server join a 2003 domain?
I need to upgrade a windows server 2003 machine to at least 2003 R2. I'd like to upgrade it all the way to 2008 R2. I just wanted to verify, 2008 R2 can join 2003 domains right? The other servers are ...
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Multiple domains (including www-"subdomain") on apache?
after messing around a while I decided to ask here:
I have a vhost and want to use 2 domains on this server. My apache configuration file looks something like this:
NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost ...
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How to setup a domain that doesn't use www prefix on Azure/EC2
Suppose I have a domain, foo.com where I have a series of pages like foo.com/123 and foo.com/456 etc. I want to use the domain and provide links without a www prefix. These pages also will have ...
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DNS BIND on CENTOS 6.3 and domain nameservers
I am somewhat new in BIND and DNS, so please tolerate my stupid Questions.
I having problem running my own custom nameserver. I have a virtual hosting with openVZ (CENTOS 6.3), with 3 IP addresses and ...
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8.8.8.8 Fails to resolve our subdomains randomly
We have a lot of users on our VoIP software. The softphone checks each user's domain every minute, users make calls, send messages, etc. the usual VoIP stuff. Each user usually makes DNS checks ...
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Unable to login to a domain computer using a Local Administrator account
I have a server running on windows server 2008. Recently we created a domain and added it to the domain. Also it is promoted as an additional domain controller on the network. A domain user account ...
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Weird http -> https redirection although not configured
I am running Apache 2.2.15 (CentOS 6.6) with a HTTP-only domain
demo.xml-director.info
Using wget I can retrieve the content properly
wget -S http://demo.xml-director.info
--2015-01-05 13:31:41-- ...
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Move primary domain hosting from GoDaddy, but keep email & subdomains there w/ non-GoDaddy registrar
Given a domain registered through DotRegistrar, with GoDaddy as the current host (shared hosting) I need to figure out how to move the hosting for the primary domain to another hosting provider (Force....
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How can I find other domains hosted on an IP?
I see sites such as http://domainsbyip.com/ that allow people to input an IP or domain and it returns other domains hosted on that IP. How do you find this information?
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Postfix: virtual_alias_maps delivering everything to one user despite new domain
I have a postfix installation handling mail for a couple of domains, for which all mail goes to one real local user (cmb), and I want to add a new domain (let's call it example.org) for a second user, ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials unable to install using .com, etc. domain suffix
So if I want to install having a .com domain suffix instead of default .local, I can apparently reinstall using a cfg.ini answer file?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2830511
I know I don't ...
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Cannot join domain from new machine - the network path was not found
I have a standalone domain controller that was recently compromised.
I've isolated it and cleaned it up, but I need to set about replacing it.
I've built a replacement, however when I try and join ...
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Multiple domains on single host plan on GoDaddy problem with redirection
I have a goDaddy account for hosting and on that host i have multiple domains. goDaddy offers me only one 404 redirect for all of my domains:
* example2.com/gadf (nonexistent link) is redirected to ...
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How to update domain password cache over vpn
I have a machine that connects to a domain over a VPN, however it hasn't connected for months and has an old domain password (that I have forgotten) cached on it and won't let me log in to the box ...
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How to test and actually perform a transfer of an internet domain to a new server regarding mail?
My setup is a productive server (e.g. 1.1.1.1) hosting a domain, lets say example.com. Currently, postfix and courier (only IMAP) are doing the job of hosting mail. I am planning to transfer the ...
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different hosting account, same URL?
Our client has a website at www.myclient.com. They want a new site created at www.myclient.com/newsite and for us to host it.
Is it possible to have www.myclient.com hosted on one server/network and ...
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How to test DNS glue record?
Hello I have just set up a DNS server for my domain example.org with 2 name servers ns1.example.org and ns2.example.org. I have attempted to set up a glue record for ns1 and ns2 at my registrar.
It ...
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Check if user password input is valid in Powershell script
I am working with a Powershell script that adds scheduled tasks to systems in our domain. When I run this script, it will prompt me for my password. I sometimes fat finger the password and the process ...
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Why is it a bad idea to use a customer email as the from address
I've got an application that emails users once they have filled in a form. It uses a [email protected] as a from address. The customer wants it to use the email from the form as the from ...
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Amount of allowed subdomains in domain and email
How many subdomains can you have on your domain? And with that, I mean levels of subdomains.
For example, you have the domain example.com, I know you can have test.example.com, but how many levels ...
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How to find all hostnames in DNS attached to one IP?
If I have multiple hosts configured on one machine (a la apache's VirtualHosts), how can I do a lookup on the IP and find all domains configured to reach it?
For example, I have several web and email ...
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