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Hello, We are experimenting with SFTP support in ProFTPD and need some help with proftpd.vhosts.conf template, specifically: 1. It looks like template tokens such as |USER|, |DOMAIN|, |*if | which are available in Apache templates do not work in proftpd.vhosts.conf template's context. Is there...

Hello, I think I've found a bug that was introduced just recently. DA v1.31.5 running on CentOS 5.x 64-bit: When I remove IP via CMD_IP_MANAGER, it's removed from the list on CMD_IP_MANAGER page, but it's not removed from ifconfig for some reason, so adding this IP to another server in the...

Hello, After installing DA with custombuild v1.1.11, I got the following error while trying to access /webmail/: This was fixed with Apparently, tmp/ directory had correct permissions for PHP running as Apache module, but tmp/_cached_templates would work only with PHP running as CGI:

Hello, This is a bug report for mbox to dovecot automatic conversion which is done during account restore: http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=689 Apparently, the conversion doesn't set up permissions correctly so mailboxes of the restored accounts don't receive any mails until...

Hello, We would like to have Variable Envelope Return Paths support available in EMail forwarders. That is, a forwarder like: newsletter-*: [email protected] should forward all mails sent to [email protected] and [email protected] to a single mail address...

Hello, In this thread I will share my experience installing DA using custombuild. (Post updated for custombuild version 1.1.6) Settings: Problems found: Apache hasn't started Dovecot hasn't been installed PHP build fails FTP server fails to start Zend Optimizer is installed for default...

Hello, this request is refinement of the following threads: More flexible DNS control More Control Over Services Currently, each domain on the DirectAdmin server can use that server for DNS hosting, that is, it's not possible to offer DNS hosting as a value-added service which could be...

Hello, Is there an API command for changing MySQL user privileges? Or better yet, may be CMD_API_DATABASES can accept some additional parameters to create a new user with the correct privileges in the first place... Thank you.

Hello, A vast majority of our customers prefer to keep DNS hosting within their domain registrars (NetSol, eNom etc) and just change A/MX records to point to our server(s). Since DA automatically creates DNS records for each domain, the local DNS resolver might get out of sync with the actual...

Hello, I wonder whether someone could shed a light on service monitor feature, i.e., how DA determines the service is dead, what command it issues to restart the service and what log file it writes to when this happens. It works fine for us on CentOS, but doesn't seem to restart custom...

Hello, As you all know, not all disk partitions are created equal :) Right now DA can limit accumulated disk usage, but can't help avoiding excessive usage of /var. Unfortunatelt, some web savvy users tend to think of their mailboxes stored on the server as their own remote storage. It would...

Hello, One of our clients heavily relies on mail filters to discard unwelcome mails. However, sometimes legit mail is discarded as well. I wonder whether there is a way to figure out which rule trigered the discard? Thank you.

Hello, This is a follow up on the following thread: http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13389 We would like to have an API command executing a program under given userid. We believe it will benefit software development companies looking to integrate their products with...

Hello, I am wondering whether API can be used to execute a program under given userid? Thank you.

Hello, I am trying to process e-mails sent to specific address with PHP script. I've set up a forwarder via DA control panel as follows: but logging inside catch.php suggests this script is executed twice. I wonder whether it is DA misconfiguration and if it's not, what would be a proper...