How to set the possession of an unowned DNS Zone

This tutorial will explain how to set the possession of an unowned DNS zone. Presently, the cPanel and WHM product lacks built-in functionality to assign ownership of an unowned DNS zone.

Follow the below procedure-

1. Access the server’s command line as the ‘root’ user through SSH or the “Terminal” in WHM.
2. Back up the account data.
3. Open the file /var/cpanel/users/$cpuser in your preferred text editor.
   Note that “$cpuser” should be replaced with the cPanel username to which the domain will be assigned.
4. Find the DNS# lines (e.g., “DNS1,” “DNS2,” etc.).
5. Add a fresh DNS# line under the last one.
   DNS#=domain.tld
   Note- “#” should be substituted with a number one greater than the last DNS# line, and “domain.tld” should be substituted with the domain to add to the account.
6. Save the modifications and exit the text editor.
7. Execute the updateuserdomains script-
   /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/updateuserdomains –force

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