How to set the ownership of an unowned DNS Zone

Question

How do you set the ownership of an unowned DNS Zone?

Answer

Note: There is currently no functionality built into the cPanel & WHM product that allows you to assign ownership of an unowned DNS zone. As such, the following procedure is for informational purposes only.

1. Log in to the server via SSH or WHM's Terminal as the root user
2. Back up the account data

3. Open /var/cpanel/users/$cpuser in your preferred text editor.

   Note: "$cpuser" must be replaced with the cPanel username to which the domain will be assigned.

4. Locate the DNS# lines (i.e., "DNS1," "DNS2," etc.).

5. Add a new DNS# line below the last one.

   CONFIG_TEXT: DNS#=domain.tld

   Note: "#" must replaced with a number one greater than the last DNS# line and that "domain.tld" must be replaced with the domain to add to the account.

6. Save the changes and exit the text editor

7. Run the updateuserdomains script:

   # /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/updateuserdomains --force

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