How to manually rebuild quotas

Introduction

This article provides the steps to rebuild the file system quotas without using the fixquotas script.

Procedure

Please note that the following instructions are provided for informational purposes and should only be performed by a qualified system administrator.

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2. Turn off quotas.

   quotaoff -avug

3. Run the quotacheck command to check and repair the quota files.

   quotacheck -avugmc

4. Turn on quotas.

   quotaon -avug

5. Run the resetquotas script to sync the users' quota information.

   /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/resetquotas

    

Additional resources

How to Fix Quotas