Questions tagged [domain]
In Information Technology, a domain can refer to any number of things. At its core it refers to a general area in which a specific type of data exists. Under internet terminology, domain refers to a realm of control on the internet. Under networking terminology, a domain can refer to a group of machines, addresses, or server that all support a common function.
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How to migrate local user to domain user?
I have a local user on my laptop. My company is migrating to a domain setup and I want to migrate the local user to a domain user, with all the settings (desktop, Start menu, programs) intact. How can ...
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Creating a custom domain on my Wi-Fi network with a Windows computer and Apache
I have a router and a laptop. On my laptop I have installed WAMP which includes Apache. I have configured Apache to grant access over intranet. Using IP address I can access the server from any other ...
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How to add a domain user to Administrators group in Windows 10
I just reinstalled my work computer to Windows 10 Pro, created a local account, connected to our VPN, joined our domain and logged in with my domain account, no problems so far.
Since the local ...
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What is 1e100.net and why do I have TCP ports open to it?
I see my PC has TCP connections open to 1e100.net. Then I checked the whois record and find it is registered to Google. Weird.
A quick search seems to indicate that 1e100.net is pretty popular - ...
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Why does the registered domain name “localtest.me” resolve to 127.0.0.1?
I was reading an article about Server-Side Request Forgery. In that article the attacker found that 127.0.0.1 was open to the internet. The victim then blocked 127.0.0.1, but because many other IPs ...
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Why can't I access my own web server from my local network?
I have a web server in my home network and I'm using ZoneEdit for dynamic DNS. It's accessible perfectly to everyone outside of my local network, but since I switched to a Gateway 2Wire DSL modem/...
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Run web site from home
I want to set up the web server at my home. I already have registered for the domain name. I do not want to use hosting services. How should I set up the Apache and the settings with the registrar of ...
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How to host different machines with different subdomains?
this is a newbie question and may have been asked in some variation previously which I read but didn't quite understand.
So my scenario is the following:
Currently I am running e.g. a TS3Server und ...
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Re-joining a computer to domain
I have a problem with a Windows 7 PC that had been a member of the domain. When I try to logon to this PC with domain credentials I get a message similar to
The trust relationship between this ...
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How does DynamicDNS act immediately?
My understanding of the core functionality of DNS is to provide a naming/mapping service between domain names (e.g. blah-whatever.com) and IP addresses (e.g. 100.2.3.4).
Furthermore, my understanding ...
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How to back up gmail to my computer?
I am using gmail as a part of Google Apps for Domains. I'd like to back up all my email.
I've tried setting up IMAP in Thunderbird and it works reasonably well (except it times out way too much, ...
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Restrict Remote Desktop access to specific users to specific servers in a domain environment?
I have a domain controller and I want to allow certain user accounts Remote Desktop access to certain servers in the same domain.
There are many servers that can be accessed via the Remote Desktop ...
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How to remotely find out a linux hostname without the use of DNS?
If I want to find out how the hostname of a remote linux machine on my LAN is, how can I achieve this given I don't have access via SSH etc.?
Probably depends if linux is part of a WINS domain I ...
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Can I create a DNS domain for local use?
Is there a way for me to assign a domain name to a computer's local IP address, not for use with people outside the network?
Preferably with no need to buy said domain.
A example would to use domain....
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Is it possible to link a domain to my server without a DNS?
I have a local server that I'd like to link to a domain without setting it up through DNS.
Is this possible?
Sorry if I sound dumb, but what does a DNS server do exactly? Why not just link the ...
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Cleared all of my cache but still seeing old website
I have a website setup on a free host called 00webhost. I was previously using a free web host called wink.s. I have a .com domain purchased from 1and1. I had wink.ws's DNS servers pointed to the ...
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Any command line tool checking windows domain password?
Does Windows provide a command line utility that lets me check a domain user's password? It is sufficient that the utility returns success(0) if I provide a matching domain user name and password. ...
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Who owns all domains? [closed]
I know some sites like GoDaddy and such sell domains. Where do they get these domains from? Is there somebody who sold all the domains originally. The internet is free and isn't owned by anybody. ...
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What is the "Search Domains" field for in the tcp/ip DNS settings control panel/preference pane for?
On Mac OS X, if you go to System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> DNS on the left is an area where DHCP DNS resolvers show up, or you can enter in your own to override any that your ...
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Can I monitor a local unix domain socket like tcpdump?
I'd like to monitor responses on a unix socket without disturbing the original connections and pipe them to a script for processing.
I know how to do this with tcpdump for tcp connections but I ...
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Use runas with a domain account on a non-domain machine in Windows 2k/XP/Vista/7
My Windows 7 computer is on LAN in an intranet with a Windows domain, but it is not a member of that domain. However, I need to run some applications under domain accounts while I'm logged on locally ...
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How do I change my windows domain password from Mac OS X?
Macs work well in Windows corporate environments, but a lot of companies require you to change your password after a period of time (3 months for example).
How do you change your Windows domain ...
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Wallpaper in Windows 7 locked down by domain group policy?
I am in a situation where my wallpaper is locked to a specific image on my work computer via group policy. I can't change it via the Personalization settings since it is grayed out and says it has ...
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Is there a way around being required to use GoDaddy as the registrar when using a custom domain with Microsoft 365 Family?
I want to use my own domain with my Microsoft 365 Family plan, but there is no way I am transferring it to GoDaddy. Is there way way around this “requirement” or am I stuck?
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How to find all domains containing specific string
I want to know which different pedia's exist.
I want a list of all registered domains, which end with pedia.org, pedia.com or pedia.info, (e.g WIKIpedia.org or Anotherpedia.info).
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How to delay Windows 7 autologon, so that the Domain will be available?
The registry mods here for setting a Windows 7 AutoAdminLogon on a Domain worked beautifully, except:
The submission of username and password is before the domain server is available to authenticate ...
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How do I change my Windows domain password when my PC is not on the domain?
How do I change my Windows domain password when my PC is not on the domain?
I know Outlook web access normally provides this option, but that option has been switched off.
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Always open specific domains in a different browser from Firefox
I would like to force specific domains (say facebook or twitter) to always open in Chrome instead of Firefox which is my default browser.
There is an extension called "Open With" which can be used to ...
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Connect to domain account over VPN
I've just wiped my laptop and reinstalled Windows 8.1 and have connected it to the work domain by connecting to our VPN while logged into a local account.
I'm now trying to log into the laptop using ...
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Block domain, website, without waiting for localhost (hosts)
There is a related question here.
I can use Administrator, install extra software, whatever needs to be done.
My problem is:
I can't block websites entirely. Like in AdBlock Plus, you add a rule ...
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copied user profile, now get "cannot access device...appropriate permissions" on system files
I'm running a Windows 7 x64 desktop. I had to replace my domain controller after losing the old one without a backup, so when I created a new domain user, of course, the system sees it as a different ...
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Reassociating profile with domain
I have a Windows 7 machine that has been part of a Windows 2003 SBS domain for well over a year now.
When I arrived back to work today from about two weeks off, I powered up my machine and tried to ...
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Auto Relogon after remote access by admin
I see this article about auto login when joined to a domain. How do I enable Automatic Logon in Windows 7 when I'm on a domain?
I have a similar scenario. But there is an occasion when a user may ...
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How are names resolved on modern local networks? [closed]
On modern local area networks, devices use a few different techniques to resolve names. Specifically, just to name a few, things like DNS, Avahi, zeroconf, mDNS, Bonjour, NetBIOS, WINS, or even manual ...
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is it possible for a server to know which client(IP) did a DNS query for its domain name?
Let's assume I have a domain name, for example, myproxy.com.
Then I have many websites, like kitty.myproxy.com , wow.myproxy.com
I want to configure an authoritative DNS server for the domain name.
I ...
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Error in named-checkzone: DNS zone error: has no address records (A or AAAA)
I am configuring my private DNS server.
I am following this tutorial. But when I reached the Check BIND Configuration Syntax step, I got some errors.
Here is the command output:
x@e-dns1:/etc/bind$...
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How to determine whether computer is on Domain from event logs?
I have spent a short period of time in an office recently, and I was able to dump the event logs on to a USB drive.
There are only XP Pro machines in the office. Is it possible that there is a ...
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Windows 10 Pro computer can no longer connect to or recognize domain network
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I have a domain-joined Windows 10 Pro machine that has been working fine on an internal Windows Server 2012 R2 domain (for this question, let's call it MYDOMAIN.COM) for years without any ...
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Why does my domain name have two IP addresses?
I use dig to check the ip address of my domain on DNS, the output is:
dig davidzhu.xyz +short
172.67.210.8
104.21.50.195
But I only have one A DNS record on my domain, this is the DNS Record ...
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How do I install Get Windows 10 app while joined to a domain
The app installation seems to be blocked from installation by Microsoft if the computer is joined to a domain. Microsoft says the usual "contact your domain administrator" to allow this but I cannot ...
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Remove Domain Association; Domain controller no longer exists
I have a Win 7 computer for work. The company was acquired and the original domain controller no longer exists. In fact, we don't use a domain controller at all.
Does having a non-exist domain ...
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Can I manage my own domain using a web sever at home without having a static IP address using NO-IP?
I have purchased my own domain in GoDaddy.
I have a server at home, Windows Server 2008 R2 to be specific.
I do not have a static IP address, however I have created an account in No-IP, have the DUC ...
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Adding a domain alias in ISPConfig
ISPConfig 3 has the option to add Alias Domains in the menu under the Sites tab.
The challenge is I do not understand 2 of the fields that I have to supply:
Redirect Type (what is this?) Options:
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Hostname Aliases in XP Pro
In XP Pro how can I create a local alias for hostnames of some other computers on the domain?
When I created an entry in any of hosts, lmhosts, or lmhosts.sam, I can ping a computer with the alias, ...
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Why I get refused when connect my remote host with domain name using ssh?
I added two A DNS records on my domain name whose HOSTNAME is @ and www,
I'm wondering why I get refused when use davidzhu.xyz
$ ssh [email protected]
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CNAME Record not working in local network
Situation: I got a server at home with NextCloud on Port 8080. With the MyFritz-adress (as DynDNS) and PortForwarding, I can reach NextCloud via pine64.XXXXXX.myfritz.net:8080. After some issues, I ...
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Why common two IP addresses for two nameservers in one server
In this common case:
ns1.domain.com: IP1
ns2.domain.com: IP2
What I know the two IP addresses used like if one unreachable, the other will use as a secondary choice and user still can access the same ...
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Domain authentication without joining the domain
I am DBA in an Active Directory environment. I often work from home using my private PC (I connect via VPN). My private PC is not joined to the Active Directory domain.
Is it possible to use domain ...
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How am I logged on as a user, when the user doesn't exist in "user accounts"
I logged onto a Windows 7 machine with the username MDC. When I do a "whoami" command it says cityfire\mdc, which I assume means on user "mcd", on "cityfire" domain. But if I look in "user accounts"...
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Can you share a LAN printer from a Windows 7 homegroup to a Windows Vista domain?
I have a work laptop computer at home running Windows Vista that is on work domain group that it uses when it connects to a work VPN. The laptop is on a local LAN that has a connection to the ...
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