# Can't enable DNSSEC

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287>\
**Category:** Virtualmin\
**Created:** [May 22, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287 "2022-05-22T10:21:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mlkoekenberg](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mlkoekenberg](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/mlkoekenberg)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287/1 "2022-05-22T10:21:23Z")

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I use Ubuntu 20.04.4 & Virtualmin Pro 7

The enabling DNSEC on a domain I get the following error:

Can’t save SPF DNS record : … generating key failed  
dnssec-keygen: fatal: The -r option has been deprecated. System random data is always used.

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**Author:** ![Ilia](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/ilia/32/10185_2.png) [@Ilia](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Ilia)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287/2 "2022-05-22T10:37:44Z")

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Hello,

I don’t see this issue happening on my end.

What Webmin version do you have installed? Any custom modifications/upgrades made on standard system packages?

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**Author:** ![mlkoekenberg](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mlkoekenberg](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/mlkoekenberg)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287/3 "2022-05-27T10:43:41Z")

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Hello, I use the latest versions. On this moment I only see this when creating a new virtual server.

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**Author:** ![Ilia](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/ilia/32/10185_2.png) [@Ilia](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Ilia)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287/4 "2022-05-28T10:45:09Z")

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What is the output of the following command?

```auto
cat /etc/webmin/bind8/version

```

Try deleting this file:

```auto
rm -f /etc/webmin/bind8/version

```

… this must solve your issue.

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**Author:** ![mlkoekenberg](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mlkoekenberg](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/mlkoekenberg)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287/5 "2022-06-03T12:12:30Z")

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> [@Ilia](#):
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> `cat /etc/webmin/bind8/version`

cat /etc/webmin/bind8/version → 9.16

After deleting the file it seems to be solved.

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-enable-dnssec/115287/6 "2022-06-11T12:12:42Z")

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Closed on June 11, 2022, 12:12pm UTC

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