Re: Basic WebMin questions

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Jason Oakley wrote:
> We are testing WebMin as a simple way for some people in the company to 
> add to their own subdomain in the company.
> 
> It seems as though WebMin allows addresses with underscores in them.  Is 
> there a way to turn this off?

No .. but isn't _ a valid character in a DNS name?

> We'd rather people didn't post more than one IP for one hostname.  
> Posting multiple hostnames for one IP is ok though.

You can stop a user creating multiple Address records with the same 
IP, but not the other way around .. however, that feature could be 
added quite easily.

> When I add a new hostname to a domain, I have selected "Update Reverse", 
> but when I go back to the main screen and click on "Reverse Address(0)" 
> there are no reverse addresses there.
> Does WebMin require the user to add both separately?
> 
> eg.
> In Address, I have (test fake IPs):
> 
> 
> <edit_record.htm>droopy.andromeda.opseng.aapt.com.au. Default 192.192.192.1
> 
> <edit_record.htm>blah.andromeda.opseng.aapt.com.au. Default 192.192.192.2
> 
> but the reverse icon has "Reverse Address(0)" in it and no addresses 
> even if I had "Update Reverse" selected when I added the address.
> 
> Is there any way to fix the above problems?

It will add reverse IPs automatically, but only if you have defined a 
separate reverse zone like 192.192.192 in your example. They do not 
get added to the forward zone, as that would not actually work.

  - Jamie