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DNS misconfiguration in Plesk
Written by Peter R. Bloomfield | Saturday, 06 November 2010 02:18 | 0 commentsI run a VPS (Virtual Private Server) through the 1&1 webhost, and was trying to create a new subdomain today using the Plesk 9.5.2 admin interface. This is an easy task which I have done many times before, but this time it failed, and gave me the following error message:
Service is not available now, probably your Plesk is misconfigured.
Contact Your provider for details.
Internal Plesk error occurred: dnsmng::update() failed: dnsmng failed: dnsmng: Empty fields 'host' or 'opt' in PTR record
Panic! I had no idea what to do, and web-searches provided very little information. However, I was able to find enough information to figure out the solution.
A brief rant here...
If you use the Internet much, then you are almost definitely going to encounter passwords. Lots of people use very insecure passwords, like "password01". But those of us who actually don't want to hack our identity's stolen use more creative ones. Unfortunately, many companies out there seem to have incompetent web-developers.
If you use the Internet much, then you are almost definitely going to encounter passwords. Lots of people use very insecure passwords, like "password01". But those of us who actually don't want to hack our identity's stolen use more creative ones. Unfortunately, many companies out there seem to have incompetent web-developers.
Long Distance Communication
Written by Peter R. Bloomfield | Saturday, 31 October 2009 00:43 | 0 comments
You can tell I had a slightly bored lunchtime, as I spent it doing some trace routes and looking up their geo-location information (such as was available). The reason? I wanted to figure how insanely long-distance communications between me and my boss technically are.
I haven't blogged in a few days, so here's a "filler" piece. My Flickr stream is, after a year of no use whatever, finally being resurrected... at least a little. I'm using it to post pics of my side-projects, such as the Slide Toggler, and Stackable Graph Cubes (the latter gaining surprising popularity, and prompting the development/request of some interesting spin-offs).
Staples and lessons in e-commerce
Written by Peter R. Bloomfield | Sunday, 05 July 2009 23:07 | 0 comments
Many people are familiar with Staples -- supplier of general office supplies and furniture and the like. I think they have a reasonable reputation, so I decided to order a new office chair from their website. There are some good points about the site, but unfortunately, there are also some flaws which almost made me turn to a competitor.