All Entries Tagged With: "parked"

Nameserver error while trying to add a domain

Issue :
Following error occurs when trying to add a domain to a cPanel account :
Please transfer the domain to this server’s nameservers or have your admin add one of its nameservers ips to /etc/ips.remotedns and make the proper A entries on that remote nameserver.
Solution :
To get around this, add the remote name server [...]

Restoring emails for a Parked domain

Issue :
An erstwhile regular account was migrated to be a parked domain on another account.
How can the email messages be restored to the parked domain?
P.S. Backup of the original account is available.
Solution :
Following assumptions have been made in this case :
Parked domain : abc.com
New account : xyz.com ( Username=xyz)
1. Re-create all the email [...]

Addon/Parked/Sub domains not listed in cPanel

Issue :
Several add-on,parked,sub-domains under a domain exist on the server but they are not listed in cPanel. Changing themes did not resolve the issue either.
Fix :
This can be fixed by deleting the .cpanel directory for the user. Once that is done, re-login to cPanel and you should be able to view everything.
If this [...]

Pointing parked domain to a sub-directory

Issue :
How to point a parked domain to a sub-directory of the main domain without any change in the URL ?

Fix :
This is like making the parked domain function like an add-on domain.
Assuming that the parked domain name is abc.com and the corresponding folder under the main domain is ‘abc’ .This can be [...]

Preventing users from adding a particular domain

Issue :
Users should not be able to add a particular domain ( say domain.com ) as an add-on domain or a parked domain.
Fix :
This can be easily accomplished on a cPanel server by the following steps :
1. Add the domain ( domain.com ) to the file /usr/local/cpanel/etc/commondomains
2. Then, ensure that [...]