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Date:  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:27:43 -0500
From:  "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh (at mark) frontstreetnetworks.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:11081] Re: Server admin - System Settings - TCP/IP - Host and Domain Name
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <002701c81e47$3cc71350$0101a8c0@systemax>
In-Reply-To:  <000b01c81e2e$4eacde60$0101a8c0@systemax>
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> Reg wrote
> > 
> > In Server admin - System Settings - TCP/IP - Host and Domain
> > Name you can set a server host name and domain name, e.g.:
> > 
> > anyname   .    example.com
> > 
> > My question is: do you have to create an A record for
> > anyname.example.com and point it to the server IP? I always 
> > do but why is that actually?

Gerald wrote; 
> No, you do not have to have an 'A' record for anyname.example.com (the
> server)
> You must have records for the vsites on the server.
> You can access the admin gui, by server IP address
>   i.e. http://1.2.3.4/login
> or any of the vsites.
>   i.e. http://some.domain.tld/login
> When you login as 'admin' the GUI will be available.
> 
> I could be wrong, but that is my understanding....

Addendum:
Each IP address (MX record) on the server should have a reverse PTR
record, 
else email may have problems...

So as long as you can do;
  dig -x 1.2.3.4  
  and get an ANSWER, you should be OK!

Gerald


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