Subdomain on different cpanel account - but same server

I am trying to employ some basic development practices by separating my development, test and live environments.

I am using Drupal in a multisite configuration so aside from my primary domain I have a number of addon domains associated with this account.

One option is to have a separate cPanel account for each domain, but as many sites share the same modules etc, this would just be duplicating code across multiple accounts and will be a nightmare to manage security and module updates.

So the option I have chosen (or would like to choose) is to have 3 cPanel accounts - one for each stage of development, then have www.* point to the live account, test.* point to the test account and so on.

This works OK for the primary domain, but when I try and add a subdomain as an addon in one of the other accounts, cPanel tells me:

dev.***.co.uk is controlled by another user. You cannot park it.​

Is there anyway I can support this methodology using multiple cPanel accounts?

Cheers,

Roy

 

Michael,

Don't currently have access to "Tweak Settings" under "Server Configuration" on my reseller account but have now asked for it.

Many thanks,

Roy