Ghost Domains?

bigEsmurf

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Hi,

After experimenting a bit with our new server running DirectAdmin, I wanted to remove all the current data, and start over :) I deleted the users, deleted the resellers, but now it seems like there are a few 'ghost domains'... When searching for domains, I can only find the domain I just created for the admin-user, but on the right DirectAdmin tells me that there are 4 domains in use, while they cannot be found. When trying to re-create one of the previously created domains (i.e. yestoall.eu), DirectAdmin tells me I cannot create that domain...

Cannot create that domain
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That is the hostname which is reserved. Either change the hostname, or use a different domain


DirectAdmin also gives me system messages that the httpd-service for yestoall.eu is down, and I cannot start httpd, because it gives an error.

How can I remove these ghost-domains, or is there a way I can clean DirectAdmin, restore it to the "factory-defaults"?
 
The best way to restore DirectAdmin is to rebuild it from scratch, the same way you built it the first time. You'll lose all your DirectAdmin specific data, including domains.

Alternatively, DirectAdmin checks to see if a domain is hosted in DNS, and doesn't allow you to create a domain if it does, so probably just deleting the DNS zones will help you re-enter domains.

Jeff
 
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