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Domain name status codes for .com and .net

These are the 8 domain name status codes used for COM and NET domains :

ACTIVE

This is the normal state for a domain name. The domain is functional and can be renewed. Domains that are active can be used for Web sites, for email, or to register name servers. The domain will be included in the zone if the domain has been delegated to at least one name server.

REGISTRAR-HOLD

The domain has been placed on hold by the registrar and cannot be used. The domain can not be modified or deleted. The domain has been expired but can be renewed without a penalty fee. The domain will not be included in the zone.

REGISTRY-HOLD

The domain has been placed on hold by the registry and cannot be used. The domain will not be included in the zone until it’s renewed. REGISTRY HOLD status lasts for a period of 40 calendar days after the day the domain has expired.

REGISTRAR-LOCK

The registrar, often at the request of the domain registrant, has locked down the domain so that its settings cannot be modified. The domain can be renewed. The domain will be included in the zone.

REGISTRY-LOCK

The registry has locked down the domain so that its settings cannot be modified or deleted by the registrar. The domain can be renewed.

RedemptionPeriod

The domain has expired and the registry is waiting for 30 days as a precautionary measure before releasing it. The domain can not be modified or purged; it can only be restored which would require the domain owner to pay a redemption/penalty fee as well as the renewal fee to renew the domain. Any other registrar requests to modify or otherwise update the domain will be rejected.

PendingRestore

The registry sets this status after a registrar requests restoration of a domain that is in REDEMPTIONPERIOD status. The domain will be included in the zone. Registrar requests to modify or update the domain will be rejected.

The domain will be held in this status while the registry waits for the registrar to provide required restoration documentation. The domain status will be set to ACTIVE only if the registrar provides documentation to the registry within 7 calendar days to confirm the restoration request.

PendingDelete

The domain expired 75 days ago and the registry is about to erase it. The registry sets this status after a domain has been set in REDEMPTIONPERIOD status and the domain has not been restored by the registrar. A domain remains in this status for five days before it is deleted. The domain will not be included in the zone.

Once in this status all registrar requests to modify or otherwise update the domain will be rejected. Once purged, the domain will be available to the public for registration.

Installing Horde in Direct Admin

You can use the following steps to install Horde in a Direct Admin server.

1. First check whether IMAP module is enabled in PHP, if not recompile PHP with IMAP support.

If you are doing the installation in a VPS, sometimes you might get the following error:

To fix this error install the libc-client-devel package

Now download the horde install script for DirectAdmin and install it.

This will install Horde in the server. Now you can access the Horde webmail using the URL http://domain.com/horde

If you get the following error when accessing Horde through browser,

then do the following:

3. If you would like to access the Horde using the URL http://webmail.domain.com/ do the following :

First add an A record for webmail.domain.com. Then add the following VirtualHost entry in the /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf file and restart httpd service.

How to Change Hostname in a Debian Server?

Changing the Hostname in a Debian Server

Debian based systems use the file /etc/hostname to read the hostname of the system at boot time and set it up using the init script /etc/init.d/hostname.sh. So on a Debian based system we can edit the file /etc/hostname and change the name of the system and then execute the following, to make the change active.

The hostname saved in this file (/etc/hostname) will be preserved on system reboot (and will be set using the same script used hostname.sh).

Remote access to pgsql database.

In order to access the pgsql database remotely, you need to make following changes in the server.

1) Open the Port 5432 in the server.

2) Edit the Pgsql configuration file (postgresql.conf).

Make the following changes

3) Edit PostgreSQL HOST ACCESS CONTROL FILE ( pg_hba.conf)

This file controls what hosts are allowed to connect to what databases and specifies some options on how users on a particular host are identified. It is read each time a host tries to make a connection to a database.

Add the machine IP address from which database is accessing remotely.

Second line allows any user on the local system to connect to any # database under any username.

Here the IP address 192.168.0.1 has been added, to allow users from 192.168.0.1 host to connect to any database.

Post PostgreSQL Installation

After installation of PostgreSQL start PostgreSQL by executing the command to see if the installation worked.

In the file ‘/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf’, replace all entries of “ident sameuser” with “trust”.

In the file ‘/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf’, change the line “max_connections=100″ to max_connections=500″.

Restart PostgreSQL.