Misleading documentation for whmapi1 modifyacct

[gryzli]

Hi guys,

I didn't find any other place to report that, that's why I'm doing it here.

The documentation for whmap1->modifyacct is misleading, regarding changing the main domain for an account.

Link: Update cPanel account · cPanel & WHM Developer Portal

In the doc it says one must use the 'dns=' parameter, but it doesn't work.

The right way to change an account main domain is by providing the 'domain=NEWDOMAIN...' parameter, which seems to work correctly.

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! This seems more like an omission than a bad entry for DNS. The DNS field is meant to list the primary entry for the account inside the /var/cpanel/users/dbtest file, and is optional.

I did confirm the following will update the domain name of an account properly:

whmapi1 modifyacct user=username domain=someotherdomain.com

so I'll be getting that documentation updated shortly.

 

[gryzli]

Hey there! This seems more like an omission than a bad entry for DNS. The DNS field is meant to list the primary entry for the account inside the /var/cpanel/users/dbtest file, and is optional.

I did confirm the following will update the domain name of an account properly:

whmapi1 modifyacct user=username domain=someotherdomain.com

so I'll be getting that documentation updated shortly.

Thanks !

 

[cPRex]

Sure thing! Thanks for making me aware of the issue!