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when use . after myhost.mydomain in config files?
I noticed sometimes '.' can be seen at the end of
myhost.mydomain
so it is
myhost.mydomain.
^^^
statement. Where should I use this '.' at the end?
Currently in etc/hosts I ...
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after changing hostname to FQDN router doesn't list my host? [closed]
my solution to sendmail errors in log:
May 9 19:08:54 myhost sm-mta[17103]: unable to qualify my own domain
name (myhost) -- using short name
was to set hostname from myhost , to FQDN: ...
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How to access multiple IP-s of host from virtualbox guest windows
I have a linux host with virtualhosts on 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.3 (the reason is that I need multiple domains with https) and I would like to access them from virtualbox in a windows ...
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What's the difference between `dig` and `host` when querying a specific name-server?
I was using this command to verify if I'd set things up correctly with a DNS provider:
host hostname.example.com ns1.example-nameserver.com
As far as I can tell, this asks ...
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Nmap scans the host but cannot ping the host [closed]
My laptop is connected to a network where we have routers with filters. I can use nmap to scan alive hosts and I can see open ports (mostly port 80). But then, when I try to ping those hosts, I dont ...
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making sense of the nmap options
An nmap option I see in some examples uses the -sP option, but I haven't seen this listed anywhere in their options or --help. Is -sP an option you construct from the other options? If so, please ...
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My website is down - who's liable? Host or Registrar? [closed]
I've a website which is often (actually most of the times) is down. I am using one company as a registar and another as a host (changing NS). Before I start talking to them on this issue, I want to ...
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How to add access to a host via symbolic name?
From one LAN I have access to the host 10.0.0.*** via symbolic name say a007, which was added to my /etc/hosts as:
10.0.0.*/*/* a007
But now I need to use this host as a007 from another LAN and I ...
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How does a browser request from CNAME?
Let me put it this way:
1.cname.com has a record of X.X.X.X
www.domain.com has a record of 1.cname.com
When a user request www.domain.com from within his/her browser,his/her browser will send an ...
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route client by specific query?
myweb.com has external ip.
I have a debian server running BIND9, it contain some clients, I created the zone myweb.com and I created A record to localhost.it's ok, but I would know if I can point ...
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How to reset and persist the hostname and FQDN of an WIdows Azure Centos instance?
How does one reset a hostname and domain name (FQDN) to localhost.localdomain on a Centos 6.2 Azure Instance? I've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/network, /etc/sysctl.conf, setting the hostname ...
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Vagrantfile location path - where is it defined and how to change it? (Windows) [closed]
I have a Windows machine that I am using to host Virtual Box VMs used with Vagrant.
I'd like to keep Vagrant setup files including Vagrant all under a separate folder so that it is easy to know where ...
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How to configure a host file to map an IP address to any SSL secured domain name?
i have a SSl secured link and I need an IP to be mapped against it, I tried with general mapping in hosts file by using below snippet:
<IP Address> uploads.mydomain.com
in above snippet ...
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Using Virtualbox Guest OS to Access a Server Running on the Host Machine [closed]
I run a web server locally on my Mac. I use Virtualbox to run various Windows guest OSes thanks to http://www.modern.ie/virtualization-tools The server on my host machine is running WordPress in a ...
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Simple ping - port scan script to maintain hosts list on network [closed]
Sorry to bother around here. Probably this can be useful for others.
I am planning to put a simple not-so-intrusive network scan script to work.
(We have a ping script on an old debian server It puts ...
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Access device by its name in a LAN
I have several devices (including desktop, laptop, smartphone, etc.) connected to my wifi router. They have difference IP addresses each time according to the order they connects, so configuring ...
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How to set multiple subdomains in the host file (DNS)?
I have a lot of subdomains in the main domain xxx.zzz
So, for this domain, I can have
aaa.xxx.zzz
bbb.xxx.zzz
ccc.xxx.zzz
ddd.xxx.zzz
eee.xxx.zzz
....ETC....
Istead of adding each subdomain in ...
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Fall back if site is down
Alright so I was just wondering how one would go about setting up a system that points to a different server if your main server goes down. In our instance we host a site on Windows Azure, but when ...
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Find Hostname by having IP-Address
Is there a way to find out hostnames only by having the IP's of the hosts, while only using Windows' command line (cmd)?
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iSCSI NAS supporting VMware Esxi 5.1 servers in a software development environment [closed]
I would like to build (or purchase) the smallest, quietest most energy efficient servers that I can for a low demand environment. These would only have a small disk for guest swap files, a CPU (XEON ...
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Where can I learn about managing domain names for my websites? [closed]
I am a developer who doesn't understand how to effectively manage Internet domain names.
Say I registered a name with namecheap and host a website on linode. Now what is an a-record? What is a name ...
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How To Profile Django Application [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you do Load Testing and Capacity Planning for Web Sites
I'm thinking about going for cloud hosting to host a web application written in Django but I'm curious ...
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Website Set up on IIS accessible over internet
We have a website hosted on port 80 with the name www.abcabc.com.
Now we want to host another website on port 1111 with name www.xyzxyz.com and expose it to the internet.
When i asked my DNS team ...
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Ordering new Virtualization Hosts - Do I need a Raid controller if my storage is shared?
I am planning to order some new servers. It crossed my mind that I can reduce my costs a bit if I do not order a raid controller.
The logic behind, is that my storage is on a shared storage server, ...
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Arp request is not resolved
On my machine, I have assigned ip addresses for two interfaces which are connected through a cable. They are connected with 10G ports.
When i tried to ping the two addresses, ping was not working. ...
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DC in Hyper-V VM after reboot is not working
I have a Hyper-V Host with a couple of VMs a guest.
One of the guest is the DC. There is only on physical server, so I have only one DC as a Vm (I know, it is not a good solution to have only one DC, ...
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Why can host and nslookup resolve a name but dig cannot?
Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I can resolve a hostname using host and/or nslookup but forward lookups do not work with dig; reverse lookups do:
musashixxx@box:~$ host someserver
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can't connect to a server through specific port
From my server I'm trying to connect to another server
I'm trying using the command via SSH
telnet 64.31.62.219 60099
it is connecting without problem on my local machine and from a server I ...
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Nginx / ubuntu (ve) Virtual hosts not working?
I have an existing website up on a Nginx/Ubuntu (ve) server. Lets call it domain1.com
I am trying to add a 2nd website to the Nginx server.
There are Nginx configuration files located in:
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Loss of connection to guest webserver when Host is VPN'ed
I have a redmine server set up on an Ubuntu 12 VM in virtualBox. My host machine in windows 7 64bit. I can access the redmine server from the host by putting the guest's ip address in my web ...
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How can i pause Hyper-V VMs incase rebooting host?
I want to do such setting that all vms should be paused(instead of shutdown) when host server reboots suddenly.
Visualization tec: win 2k8 r2 with hyper-v
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Apache vhosts config: Host Name instead of IP Address
I have a domain (example.com) hosted at an external provider. I directed the subdomain sub.example.com to my ubuntu server (12.04 with apache2).
On my ubuntu server I have a vhost setup like this. ...
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OpenVZ/Centos Port FIltering (Host Node)
On my openvz host node, I have blocked port 25 using the following command ..
iptables -A FORWARD -j DROP -p tcp --destination-port 25
This is fine, but it blocks the port for all the containers.
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Prevent email interruptions while switching web hosts
I have a website that is currently hosted at a company that also hosts my email address. I am switching hosts soon, and cannot have any interruptions in emails. What is the best way to go about this ...
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Auto-storing server host key in cache with plink
i've been trying to issue commands using plink to retrieve information from my external server. note that these plink commands are ran from a binary that expects no input from the user. is there a ...
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Nagios notification of host back up after being down
Is it possible to get Nagios to send out a single "Host/Service Back Up" notification after a host/service has been down?
For certain notifications, my boss gets notified. Instead of waiting for ...
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How do I change the name of my resolve host? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is reverse DNS?
Traceroute an IP and the last entry gives me the host the IP resolved to. How do I change that?
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VirtualHost not working - always shows default
I have been trying to get this work for hours now. I am trying to set up virtual hosts with Apache on my VPS.
I have the following virtual host file in my sites-available folder :
<VirtualHost ...
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Will Tunneling help in this scenario?
I have a computer running 24 hours at a site protecteed by firewall, this computer call it 'A' can connect to internet but unable to host a site since the port is blocked.
I have an idea to purchase ...
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VMWARE ESXi5.0 update1 scp from vmkernel is slow
My ESXi 5.0 update1 is a single server.
All my network environment are Giga-LAN equipments and NICs.
I want to backup all the files of every guest OS and ftp them to a NAS server.
My ESXi server's ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Netinstall URL? Xen Host
Well I have an Xen server, I've got a CentOS container up fine but a friend of mine wants (oh god) Ubuntu Server 12.04, why he can't use Debian is beyond my understanding. But anyways, I can't ...
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Access ubuntu server mysql database from another server with php
I'm trying to figure out how to open up my MYSQL installation so that I can access it elsewhere.
I have two servers one linode with a fresh install of mysql. I am trying to access this mysql install ...
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Info on SSH tunelling etc in certain context
Im an electronics engineer, with very little knowledge of networking and assoc. terminology
I recently got a Lantronix XPort Pro for use in a project I am working on but have little to no knowledge ...
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Best way to monitor host [closed]
I have just set up a host which receives messages from 300b to 1500b (wrapped stx etx) and replies with the same.
It works fine, but sometimes it receives junk data. Is there a way to monitor this ...
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AWS own email domain and some generic questions
I'm getting started with Amazon Web Services and I have a few question I'm not sure about. As every (company) webpage I want to use an "office@companyname.com" email adress, but how is that done? I ...
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Centos /etc/hosts doesnt resolve my hostname
[root@data001 etc]# hostname
data001.dd
[root@data001 etc]# ping data001.dd
ping: unknown host data001.dd
[root@data001 etc]#
How do I fix this?
This is on a fresh Centos6 build...does this not come ...
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is it possible to host 2 sites on a single domain but 2 different IPs?
I have Server A which hosts www.mysite.com
I want to create and host a site on Server B, but configure it to: www.mysite.com/theSiteAtServerB
TheSiteAtServerB is a completely different site from ...
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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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Browser says “Waiting for www.xyz.com” for a very long time
When I load my website (hosted with Ipage). The browser often takes an incredible long time saying "Waiting for www.xyz.com ..." before any elements of the site actually appear. After this "Waiting ...
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Bash loop to move directories on a remote host via ssh
I'm trying to figure out a way to perform the following loop on a remote host via ssh.
Basically it renames a series of directories to create a rotating backup. But it's local. I want it to work ...
