- Steps to rebuild userdata files with a valid httpd.conf file
- 1. The corrupt userdata directory must be moved to a new location.
- 2. A new userdata directory must be created.
- 3. To rebuild userdata files run userdata_update script
- 4. To validate the userdata permissions settings run the script fix_userdata_perms
- 5. To update the system’s cache run script updateuserdatacache.
- 6. Restore Apache.
- 7. Apache Restart is required
In some situation your server’s userdata files (/var/cpanel/userdata/ directory comprises for each account) may get corrupted or can be entirely missing.
Steps to rebuild userdata files with a valid httpd.conf file #
1. The corrupt userdata directory must be moved to a new location. #
You can do this by using the mv command to move the directory and its contents to a new location.
mv /var/cpanel/userdata /var/cpanel/userdata.orig
2. A new userdata directory must be created. #
To create new user data directory use mkdir command
mkdir /var/cpanel/userdata
3. To rebuild userdata files run userdata_update script #
The /usr/local/cpanel/bin/userdata_update script restores userdata files for all of the accounts that are present on your server.
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/userdata_update –reset
4. To validate the userdata permissions settings run the script fix_userdata_perms #
The /usr/local/cpanel/bin/fix_userdata_perms script makes certain that all of your server’s userdata files and directories are assigned the correct permissions settings.
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/fix_userdata_perms
5. To update the system’s cache run script updateuserdatacache. #
The /scripts/updateuserdatacache script makes sure that the system appropriately caches all userdata files.
/scripts/updateuserdatacache
6. Restore Apache. #
To use the rebuilt userdata files, you must rebuild Apache.
/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
7. Apache Restart is required #
Restart Apache on your server after you rebuild it.
/scripts/restartsrv_httpd
