Search for domains with DNS hosted elsewhere?

[123Host]

I am migrating my server using the transfer tool. There may be some domains where DNS is hosted elsewhere and an A record points to current IP address. Obviously the migration will break those sites if A Record isn't updated.

Is there a tool to determine which domains have nameservers pointing elsewhere?

 

[quietFinn]

I am migrating my server using the transfer tool. There may be some domains where DNS is hosted elsewhere and an A record points to current IP address. Obviously the migration will break those sites if A Record isn't updated.

Is there a tool to determine which domains have nameservers pointing elsewhere?

I have used this tool, but not recently so not sure if it still works:

Account DNS Check cPanel/WHM plugin

Our AccountDNSCheck plugins checks all account domains to ensure they are pointing to the correct IP address

www.ndchost.com

 

[123Host]

I have used this tool, but not recently so not sure if it still works:

Account DNS Check cPanel/WHM plugin

Our AccountDNSCheck plugins checks all account domains to ensure they are pointing to the correct IP address

www.ndchost.com

Thanks for that. I had already found it earlier today and it is useful to find orphaned domains.

But it doesn't do what I am after which is find a domain where the A Record points to my server, but the nameservers are elsewhere.

Unless I am missing something :P

 

[quietFinn]

Thanks for that. I had already found it earlier today and it is useful to find orphaned domains.

But it doesn't do what I am after which is find a domain where the A Record points to my server, but the nameservers are elsewhere.

Unless I am missing something :P

Right, that tool would work after the transfer, in the new server...

 

[quietFinn]

I have always done that manually, i.e. in WHM -> DNS Functions -> Nameserver Record Report you get a list of all nameservers that are used, and when you click Edit Zones you get a list of domains using those nameservers. Then I make a list of customers that need to be informed.

 

[123Host]

I have always done that manually, i.e. in WHM -> DNS Functions -> Nameserver Record Report you get a list of all nameservers that are used, and when you click Edit Zones you get a list of domains using those nameservers. Then I make a list of customers that need to be informed.

I appreciate your suggestions but this doesn't work as a domain may have been automatically added to DNS even though the nameservers are pointing elsewhere. So in the zone file the nameserver will say my server but that won't be the active zone file, that is located where the nameservers are actually pointing.

 

[dalem]

just check with a bash script quick example below
you will want to run for /etc/remotedomains ( users who use remote MX ) as well
Note if you have a lot of dead domains (EXPIRED) & you don't want to wait forever for the whois command to time out Just install jwhois and set a timeout

It wont be perfect but used in conjunction with Account DNS Check cPanel/WHM plugin you should get most of them

#!/bin/bash
yes | rm  dns
domain_list="/etc/localdomains"

while read line
do
    name=$line
     echo "Looking up ${line}..."
     echo ============ >> dns
     echo  $name >> dns
     whois $name | grep  "Name Server" >> dns
    sleep 1
done < $domain_list

 

[cPanelLauren]

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