Ive named my system myserver.myvirtualrocks.com and created mail.myvirtualrocks.com the first virtual domain. The system only recongizes email in the form user@mail.myvirtualrocks.com . This is not the intended use as I want to have the mail be user@myvirtualrocks.com . So, when I add myvirtualrocks.com as a virtual domain it does allow user@myvirtualrocks.com but the /etc/passwd entries have stripped off the .com from the second domain. My question is what is the proper virtual domain name to reach my goal and is the /etc/passwd entry correct?
mail.myvirtualrocks.com
vruser:x:515:507::/home/mail.myvirtualrocks.com/homes/vruser:/dev/null
myvirtualrocks:x:516:508::/home/myvirtualrocks:/bin/sh <- lacks the .com in the entry but works
vruser1:x:517:508::/home/myvirtualrocks/homes/vruser1:/dev/null <- lacks the .com in the entry but works
I experimented with myvirtualrocks.org and myvirtualrocks.net and the .xxx extension is not stripped…
myvirtualrocks.net
myvirtualrocks.org
I understand the /etc/passwd concept now but Im still struggling with the user@mail.myvirtualrocks.com vs user@myvirtualrocks.com concept. Can anyone please enlighten me on which virtual domain creation is better for receiving user@myvirtualrocks.com , either mail.myvirtualrocks.com or myvirtualrocks.com ?
Eric
June 8, 2012, 3:24pm
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Howdy,
Hmm, I’m not entirely certain I understand what you’re asking – but either of those should work. In fact, you could create one as a Virtual Server, and the other as an alias – making them both work for the same users.
That is, if you add myvirtualrocks.com as a Virtual Server, and mail.myvirtualrocks.com as a Virtual Server alias (or vice-versa, it doesn’t matter) – any user within that Virtual Server could receive mail at either address.
Does that by chance answer your question?
-Eric
514:507::/home/mail.myvirtualrocks.com:/bin/sh