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Cpanel problem parking domain using a remote nameserver

I was using Cpanel to park a domain and I was getting the following error message:

Error from park wrapper: Using nameservers with the following IPs: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Sorry, the domain is already pointed to an IP address that does not appear to use DNS servers associated with this server. Please transfer the domain to this servers nameservers or have your administrator add one of its nameservers to /etc/ips.remotedns and make the proper A entries on that remote nameserver.


The new domain that I want to park is indeed using remote nameservers, and I would like to keep it that way, so solution #1 isn’t ideal.

The other solution isn’t ideal either - I don’t want to make system-wide changes for a single cpanel account.

My solution: I didn’t find this solution listed anywhere else in the forums, but to me, it seems to be the best - simple use WHM to park the domain, or, if you don’t have root access, ask your administrator to do the same. The root user is permitted to park domains that use remote nameservers.

No adding to /etc/ips.remotedns necessary, and you can still keep using remote DNS servers.

Problem solved.