change nameservers for 200 domains

[chow]

Hi, my customer added 200 domains to the server before I configured nameservers in DA So now all domains use dummy nameservers. Is there anyway to change nameservers all at once for all the domains??

 

[jmstacey]

Not through the DirectAdmin interface last I checked (maybe another tool I need to work on).
But it's doable with a perl or shell script I'm sure.

 

[hostpc.com]

via SSH as ROOT:

perl -pi -e 's/old.namserver.com./new.nameserver.com./' *

Dont leave off the trailing .'s after .com Substitute nameserver names - old and new

Run that in /var/named, and you should be ok

 

[jmstacey]

The nameservers are also stored in /usr/local/directadmin/data/username/user.conf

I'm not sure if the named database is the same as the httpd.conf files which can be overwritted by DirectAdmin, but it might be worth looking into.

 

[hostpc.com]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but arent the settings in /usr/local/directadmin/data/username/user.conf only used on initial account creation? I've never had to change them there, except during new server prep where we specify the admin and reseller settings

 

[chow]

via SSH as ROOT:

perl -pi -e 's/old.namserver.com./new.nameserver.com./' *

Dont leave off the trailing .'s after .com Substitute nameserver names - old and new

Run that in /var/named, and you should be ok

Worked fine, thnx