The hostname is just the computer name and the fully qualified domain name is the hostname plus the domain name after it.... hostname: bigbox fqdn: bigbox.mynetwork.com or commonly the fqdn ends in .local instead of .com but that is environment specific. Usually you'd have a private DNS that has your .local domain setup in it and a separate DNS server for the public where your .com lives. You ...
This file allows us to default a specific IP address to a host name. The issue now is whether I can set multiple IP addresses to a host name. For example, can I do something like this: 192.168.244.128 gateway.net 192.168.226.129 gateway.net And expect that the browser can resolve to both of them, see which one will work and thus point at that one?
I have googled but not able to find a proper set of restriction in user name in active directory setting. Please help me in telling what are the special char which are not allowed in Active direct...
I am confused between the user principal name (UPN) and SAM account name (SAM). Heres what i know SAM- Pre-windows name, for backward compatibility with Windows NT machines etc. DOMAIN/USERA, look...
What is the difference between a hostname and a fully qualified domain ...
The friendlyname only seems to need to start with "*" but can contain whatever other name you want for it after that. In my case I had a cert valid for several different domains that didn't have a common root other than *.com and giving that as the friendly name seemed odd. So, I ended up calling it *-my-descriptive-name-here instead. And thanks @Garrett for the rename tip!
What could be the possible problems with accessing a Windows file server shares using a DNS CNAME instead of the actual computer name? The file server is joined to an Active Directory domain, but i...