Cannot modify DNS TXT record to change SPF

[fireman949]

Running the latest update but the customer cannot modify the SPF / TXT record (and neither can I).

I can manually edit the db files and that works but they get over-written at some point.

This should be a user modifiable field shouldn't it?

 

[jlandes]

You can not currently modify any DNS records in DA. This is a feature request that I have asked for but it has not been added yet. To get around it, create a new SPF/TXT record with the new information and delete the old one.

 

[jlandes]

If you are doing this for multiple domains, you can change the templates in /usr/local/directadmin/data/templates. If you are going to modify a template, first copy it to /usr/local/directadmin/data/templates/custom.

 

[nobaloney]

fireman949,

What kind of modifications are you making? The templates should manage what gets added, but manual changes to zone files shouldn't be "undone". I don't believe I've ever seen them changed.

While you can't modify records in DA's DNS administration system, you can, as Jeremy has mentioned, delete the old one and create a new one (just make sure you get the syntax right); Neither DA nor DNS have a special record type for SPF but you can certainly create a new TXT record.

You might want to create the new one first, then delete the old one, so you can compare the two for syntax.

Jeff