Re: [cpx] Changing Domain Administrators

[Scott Wiersdorf <scottw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 03:11:57PM -0700, hkonline wrote:
> I have a domain with several users under a domain administrator.  I would 
> like to change the domain administrator to a new user so that this client 
> can now set up multiple domains.  Is there any easy way to do this?

Not *easy*, but here are some things you'll need to do:

- create the new domain admin in CPX. Give them a fake domain if
  necessary to start with (you can delete it later).
- in a shell, do this (assuming a little http domain downtime is
  acceptable):
  - mv the old document root directory from the DAs ~/www dir to the
    new one
  - change the owner of the domain in httpd.conf to the new DA
  - change the documentroot of the domain in httpd.conf to the new DA
  - in the new DA's home directory, do this:
      chown -R newuser: www/domain.tld
  - in /usr/local/etc/cpx.conf, change the <admin> of the domain to
    the new DA.
  - restart apache, and /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vsapd.sh restart
  - fix any aliases, virtusertable, or genericstable entries in
    /etc/mail, then type 'make' to rebuild those databases

This is a starting point (there might be a few other items I've
forgotten), but this will be really close. Because the users belong
to domains (not the admins), by changing the <admin> node in cpx.conf
(please edit very carefully), you won't have to change any end user
accounts.

Scott
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