cPanel is the most used open-source platform around the world. In the web hosting industry, it’s widely used and also includes various functions that are needed to develop a website.
Likewise, internally it has various technical aspects that need a solution for newbies and sometimes for professionals too.
In this article, you will understand the steps for rebuilding the cPanel user data files in 7 steps:
1- Move the corrupt user data directory to a new location
mv/var/cpanel/userdata/var/cpanel/userdata.orig
2- Create a new userdata directory.
mkdir/var/cpanel/userdata
3- Run the userdata_update script to rebuild userdata files for all of your accounts.
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/userdata_update –reset
4- Run the fix_userdata_perms script to validate the userdata permissions settings.
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/fix_userdata_perms
5- Run the updateuserdatacache script to update the system’s cache.
/scripts/updateuserdatacache
6- Rebuild Apache
/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
7- Restart Apache
/script/restartsrv_httpd
Also Read: Explained: Cpanel Log Files Path
I hope you must have successfully rebuilt the user data files with these 7 steps.
