How to locate 'cruft' left over from a removed domain

Introduction

Sometimes, when a domain is removed from a server, not all related configuration data (cruft) is removed, preventing the domain from being added to the server later. This article provides the procedure to find the domain's cruft.

Procedure

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2. Run the acctinfo script to find the domain's cruft.

   /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/perl <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cPanelInc/tech-acctinfo/master/acctinfo) domain.tld --cruft

   Please note that "domain.tld" must be replaced with the domain to be searched for.

When the script finds data for the domain in a file or folder, the script output will show [EXISTS] next to the file or folder name, similar to the following.

/etc/localdomains                                              [EXISTS]

Additional resources

How to locate 'cruft' left over from a partially removed account