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How To Enable Auto-Login for Webmail in DirectAdmin?

DirectAdmin has recently released a new feature to allow direct, automatic login into Webmail from within the DirectAdmin interface. One-Click login to any RoundCube account. By default, this option is disabled hence you can not find one-click login option for Webmail, Learn, How To Enable Auto-Login for Webmail in DirectAdmin ? By default this feature […]

With DirectAdmin, you could technically have two different sites for the same domain depending on whether or not you use HTTP or HTTPS. The HTTP site is loaded from public_html, and the HTTPS site is loaded from private_html. If you’ve set up your site with the standard public_html and installed an SSL for your site, […]

How to Enable Password Reset Emails With DirectAdmin?

DirectAdmin contains a feature to let users reset their passwords, but this feature is disabled by default. When enabled, a user can click the “Lost Password?” link on the login page, and DirectAdmin will mail them a link to click with a confirmation code, which is sent back to the DirectAdmin interface when the link […]

How to Change the Outgoing Mail IP in DirectAdmin?

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Occasionally with reseller hosting, one client can cause problems if the accounts are not sufficiently isolated from one another. One such case is when one client becomes hacked with spam-sending malware and causes the outgoing mail IP to become blocked. The correct approach to take is to immediately do whatever it takes to stop the […]

How to enable DirectAdmin Demo Mode?

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Demo mode is a helpful tool for resellers to demonstrate the panel’s features without actually allowing anyone enough access to make unauthorized changes in the control panel. A user may log in and see all features but cannot make changes. Learn, how to enable DirectAdmin demo mode? 1. First, to login into the DirectAdmin control […]

Suppose you would like all admin accounts to be notified via your DirectAdmin server’s messaging system every time a new account is created by any account type (other admins, resellers, etc.). In that case, you will need to enable the setting in the DirectAdmin configuration. Learn, How To Enable Account Creation Notifications in DirectAdmin? Login […]

Managing Login Failure Daemon (LFD) from DirectAdmin

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Login Failure Daemon popularly known as LFD comes with the ConfigServer Security & Firewall. At KnownHost all the managed services are being deployed with ConfigServer Security & Firewall as software based firewall and basic monitoring system to avoid unwanted attacks and the notification of certain events. LFD perticularly track and log the activities which are […]

How To Download Files from the DirectAdmin?

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There are several ways of downloading files from DirectAdmin, with the most popular being either the DirectAdmin File Manager or FTP. With either approach, you can download files or folders. Learn, How To Download Files from DirectAdmin? Using File Manager 1. First, to login into DirectAdmin control panel visit,  https://your-domain.com:2222 or https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222. 2. Navigate to System Info & […]

How to access phpMyAdmin in the DirectAdmin?

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DirectAdmin has access to phpMyAdmin. This database management tool makes it easy to access, modify, and change databases, including altering tables or rows within your server’s MySQL/MariaDB service. You can access it by three methods, Using DirectAdmin interface. https://domain/phpmyadmin https://domain/pma Learn, How to access phpMyAdmin in the DirectAdmin? 1. First, to login into the DirectAdmin […]