Serious Problem - Workaround Enabled

[jimmshepard]

I have searched the forums and found several references to this problem but none of the solutions worked in my case. Any time an account is added I get the following message:

== WORKAROUND ENABLED == Serious Problem -- This should never happen!!
The hostname (secure.idmghosting.com) is owned by the user idmghost
== WORKAROUND ENABLED ==

This also appears in my log that is sent to me each night...


There is no account called secure.idmghosting.com and the user "idmghost" doesn't even own idmghosting.com

I have always had this problem on the box and it's getting kind of annoying. It also doesn't look good when my users get this message on their screens... (adding a subdomain, etc.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks

[kris1351]

Look through your /etc/passwd and see if this user is in there.

[jimmshepard]

I've got this entry:

idmghost:x:32003:32004::/home/idmghost:/bin/bash

Is that what I should be looking for? I'm really trying to learn more about linux but I'm still stumbling...

That's the only reference I see to that user...

[dezignguy]

it looks like your server's hostname is owned by a cpanel user... like it's just a regular subdomain.

I'd do some searching around on google and these forums to find answers.

[pablobr]

Hello

created a separate zone for secure.idmghosting.com
added it to /etc/named.conf.

work for me

pablobr

[matt621]

Does cpanel have some sort of official response to this?

We have the same problem.

when it says "serious problem...." seems to me someone should have a solution and cause for this problem.

[nedry]

I would also like an official cPanel answer.

And no, I don't have a user name that is the same as a domain. Not even close.

[directfiesta]

Serious ... but everything works.

This message dissapeared after my update to the latest Cpanel last week...

Still curious.

[chirpy]

I would also like an official cPanel answer.

Then you'll need to contact cPanel using the information on their contact page - the forums isn't the place.