Domain Name System for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet. It translates domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices worldwide.
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Create DSL connection on Xububtu 12.04
How do create DSL connection on Xububtu 12.04?
I have been provided with a username, password and 2 DNS settings (prefeired and alternative).
On windows I could key in all info and connect within ...
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DNS doesn't seem to work in terminal on Ubuntu 12.04?
Fairly new to Ubuntu so please tell me if I'm doing something silly. Anyway.
I've been having issues with URLs not being correctly resolved in the terminal.
The problem I'm currently having is trying ...
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Setting up Ubuntu web server?
I've just purchased a cloud VPS and installed Ubuntu Server 13.04 on it and that is pretty much all of my Linux knowledge.
Can someone point me to the best up to date tutorial on setting up Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 ping 8.8.8.8 does not work on one network only
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
I can connect to and use the internet on one wireless network (say A) and not on the other network (say B).
I can connect to B and get an IP address.
When I ping 127.0.0.1 it ...
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No DNS in Ubuntu 12.04
I've got a strange behaviour in Ubuntu 12.04:
All the installed services (SSH, PostgreSQL, Apache) respond over network, I am able to surf in Firefox using IP addresses, but there is no DNS name ...
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Free DNS service
Edit: The answer selected was for something entirely different that what what I originally asked.
I tried to ask here but I suppose I wasn't clear enough.
I have a VPS running Ubuntu 12.04.
I have ...
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dns nameservers purchased domain name VPS [duplicate]
I have a purchased a domain name from a registrar. I am running a VPS. Ubuntu 12.04. Setting up LAMP was no problem. But I can only access the VPS via the IP at the moment since I have no active DNS ...
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configure DNS on Ubuntu 12.10
I have some problems with DNS, only from Ubuntu 12.10, Windows on same network works OK (so I can query both 8.8.8.8 and 192.168.1.1 directly with or without +tcp flag). I have my machines pointed to ...
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How do I control the order of nameserver addresses in resolv.conf?
I need to re-order /etc/resolv.conf to list the nameserver provided by eth1 dhcp before the nameserver provided by eth0 dhcp on a 12.04 server (no NetworkManager).
I edited ...
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Trying to add linux machine to windows 03 domain. Help?
I installed unbuntu ver 12.04 and I'm trying to add the machine to our Windows 03 domain. Whenever I try I get an error:
Error: Lsass Error [code 0x00000043]
Network name not found.. Failure to ...
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Cannot resolve dns on 12.10 install
I am very new to networking on Ubuntu so I have been struggling with this issue for several hours now. I am running a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 and I am unable to resolve DNS when using my ...
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Sendmail relaying email through A record not MX
I have a Ubuntu server, running sendmail (until this morning it was running postfix, but I moved to sendmail to eliminate the possibility of my postfix configuration tweaks being the cause of this ...
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Automatic ifup Virtual Netowrk Interface Assigned to a Network Namespace
I've set up a configuration that uses the solution mentioned in this post: link
and I'm able to ping my physical local network from my vpn namespace and vice-versa.
For reference my config looks ...
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Can't dig @8.8.8.8 but can 127.0.1.1?
dig @8.8.8.8 google.com
; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P2 <<>> @8.8.8.8 wp.pl ; (1 server found) ;; global
options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
but +tcp:
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how to test DNS?
how can I defitely test my DNS settings, so I am sure it is working or not? I have DNS pointed to my router 192.168.1.1 and I have dnsmasq listening on 127.0.0.1:53 but it is not working I suspect. ...
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why DNS 192.168.1.1 refuses connection?
when I do
dig fghj.com
I get this output:
; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-P2 <<>> fghj.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: ...
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Local DNS resolver + dnsmasq in Ubuntu 12.04?
I need a local DNS resolver because my ISP DNS is seriously broken and breaks, in turn, many networks scripts.
Before Precise I could just install unbound and add 127.0.0.1 as a prepended name server ...
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How do I configure IPv4 connection to use a DNS accessible only over IPv6?
I'm trying to make my system resolve IPv4 addresses over an IPv6 connection because my IPv6 connection is more secure (yes, it really is. Long story). The IPv6 nameserver resolves IPv4 addresses; it ...
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Problem with internet. Certain website do not load at all. 12.04
My internet was working fine till tomorrow. Suddenly I am not able to open www.github.com, www.deviantart.com and additionally my router configuration page 192.168.2.1 . First, I thought that it would ...
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v12.10 can't apt-get update
I know there are lots of questions posed about this, but after troubleshooting for several hours, I'm not sure what to do anymore...
I first installed Ubuntu 12.10 and had no internet access at all. ...
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Cannot ssh until pinging url [closed]
If, after starting system (freshly installed Linux Mint 13), I try to run:
ssh mywebsite.com
it hangs up with "Connection timed out". but when I open the browser and enter mywebsite.com there (or ...
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Why would I install a DNS server on my Ubuntu server?
When you install Ubuntu server, the default Ubuntu server will only store the core system, but there is an option to add additional server roles. One of these is a "DNS Server".
From what I read, ...
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Regenerate resolv.conf from dhclient.conf without releasing/renewing IP?
When I make changes to dhclient.conf such as modifying the DNS search path (so that the changes don't get lost on reboot or DHCP renews), how do I regenerate /etc/resolv.conf? That page suggests ...
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dump cache of bind dns
when I do rndc dumpdb then this file has no new cache dumped (18.04 was yesterday, I don't know how I did this dump) and looks like:
> ; ; Start view _default ; ; ; Cache dump of view '_default' ...
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Static Wireless IP - Can Only Access Internet Using IPs
I am using Lubuntu 12.10 as a local server and I am trying to get a static IP from my wireless network. I don't have a problem connecting to the server, I can ssh and view webpages on the same network ...
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Why is network connection not working on Virtualbox guest?
The /etc/network/interfaces file
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network ...
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How website name get resolved?
I'm using Internet via a usb datacard on Ubuntu 12.04. I never configure domain name server.
My question is how website name get resolved?
Is there a inbuilt domain name server in system? if not ...
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Conditional Host File
I'm working locally on a project and want to have some requests to a domain resolve to localhost and others just go where they normally would.
I want to essentially do this in my hosts file:
...
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Using Bind in Ubuntu 12.10
I tried to configure bind in Ubuntu 12.10 32 bit , but when I am using dig I am not getting the correct response. I should have got the IP of my server instead of getting it of remote site with that ...
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Identify “rogue” internet accessing Applications
At the moment I have an application/service/widget/plugin/cronjob whatever, accessing the internet on a regular basis. I could go into the details of my specific issue but I'd rather have an answer ...
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Extrememly slow DNS lookup
Ubuntu 12.10
I'll explain the first problem. Sometimes when I load a webpage it never finishes loading and it says cannot reach server or something like that. When I ping that website, the terminal ...
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How do I flush out the DNS resolver cache? [duplicate]
On Microsoft Windows OS, at the command prompt, I issue the command ipconfig /flushdns to flush out the DNS resolver cache.
On Ubuntu 12.10, what is the corresponding command?
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What is my DNS server?
My /etc/resolv.conf looks like this:
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver ...
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Local hostname resolution with local Ubuntu DNS server fails
So I will start with the fact I wasted the whole day trying to figure that out with no results...
I have a small local network behind a NAT router. It goes like this:
ISP->NAT Router (contains a ...
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How do I change /etc/resolv.conf? [duplicate]
I am using ubuntu 12.04. How do I change /etc/resolv.conf file ?
Every time I edit it, it automatically gets reset. If I want to retain changes in the file what needs to be done. When I browsed ...
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Set up domain name on private server
I have a Linux server (Ubuntu 12.04) I'm using to learn as much as I can about server management. I've got as far as getting a full LAMP setup running, but have hit a dead end trying to get a domain ...
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Server at home with static public IP
Hi I have a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 Server.
I have checked the IFConfig it seems all the entries are correct except the nameservers do not seem to get resolved. As such when I run ...
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Basic server build for practicing and learning linux on
I am taking it upon myself to learn Linux,so here is what I want to accomplish; I want to set up a server primarily for practice. I don't need it to do anything specific accept allow me to login via ...
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CUPS: HP printer DNS url
The URL for my printer generated by hp-makeuri looks like this:
hp:/net/Officejet_6500_E710n-z?ip=192.168.178.30
But the printer is on a dhcp enabled wifi network and so its IP-address does and ...
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How to make Firestarter resolve hostname each time? trying to deal with connecting w/dynamic ip
I'm trying to connect to ubuntu running firestarter with a cell phone. My ip changes so i dealt with that with no-ip and the first time i connect, everything is fine. But if my ip changes, and i ...
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How to register domain name? [closed]
I am doing some research for the past few days because i would like to write an android app that would request information from a web server that i would build. I have not done anything like this, i ...
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Multiple domains names being appended for each DNS query
I found an odd problem with a Ubuntu 12.04 server. It seems that multiple domains are being appended to each DNS query, resulting in our bind server bind being flooded.
For example, we have the ...
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Access Windows machines from Ubuntu on local network by hostname
[I've searched a LOT for a solution to this issue, but if someone wants to point me to a related question and/or answer, please do!]
I have a local network over a broadband router with 3 Windows 7 ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS nameserver
Wich nameserver should I eneter for my Ubuntu Server? Should I use 192.168.1.254 from my router or 194.146.109.223 from my ISP?
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what does mean dns-seach option in /etc/network/interfaces
can anybody describe me about dns-search directive in /etc/network/interfaces file:
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.3.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.3.1
dns-search ...
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Problem with DNS in Ubuntu 12.04 and Mullvad VPN
I hope you are all well. Here's my problem.
I was running Ubuntu 10.04, and I got Mullvad , a VPN service because it is anonymous and cheap.
Mullvad VPN service installed perfectly on 10.04 and I ...
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How do I activate a local caching nameserver?
I want to have strong DNS cache server on my local host (server). So I need to change name server to my localhost.
How can I change it?
byt this config it seems I must don't change it via editor so ...
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set up mailserver for multiple domains guide for beginner
I am not Linux pro, and after days of trying with tutorials how to set up postfix or other e-mail server I am try to find solution here.
In your office we have HP Proliant server with Ubuntu server ...
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how to force ssl with default-ssl without DNS?
I know this has been covered everywhere, and I've actually made this work on another server, but I can't seem to get it to work.
I have this
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
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Why is this single-word address being resolved? [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. On my work network, there's a single-word address (let's call it foobar) that is responding to pings and HTTP requests, only from my machine. The address is not a TLD, just a ...
