"Already Exists" on Domain (No DNS file)

[Deleted member 55561]

Hello, read a lot of these Domain Already Exists threads but none quite hit the nail on the head with my issue.

Had a hostname: x.domain.com
Changed it to: y.domain.com

Trying to add x.domain.com as a user domain so that I can keep it for :2222 connections from legacy users.

I am getting the "Already Exists" error on CentOS 8.

/etc/named.conf - No mention of x.domain.com
/etc/virtual/domains - No mention of x.domain.com
/etc/virtual/domainowners - No mention of x.domain.com
/etc/virtual/x.domain.com - Empty file

Additionally, doesn't exist in DNS Administration on the local server or any cluster servers.

Any tips or ideas?

Cheers

 

[floyd]

You could try to add it to the users domain list manually and then use DA to delete it from that user. That may delete it from everywhere else.

 

[Deleted member 55561]

You could try to add it to the users domain list manually and then use DA to delete it from that user. That may delete it from everywhere else.

Good call. Thank you!

 

[floyd]

Let us know if that actually worked.

 

[Deleted member 55561]

Yep, it did. Added and then used fix_da_user. After deleting the user, it's all cleared up.

 

[floyd]

Ok add the user to the users.list file for admin and then run

/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/fix_da_user.sh username

Also

rm /usr/local/directadmin/data/admin/show_all_users.cache

Then the username will show up under the user admin and then you can delete it. You'll get some errors when deleting it but that's ok.