Can I use a network mount as the home directory for cPanel accounts?

Question

Can I use a network mount as the home directory for cPanel accounts?

Answer

cPanel & WHM does not recommend or support network mounts such as CIFS (Common Internet File System) or NFS (Network File System) as the home directory for accounts on the server.

If you are using CIFS for backups and are receiving permission-related errors, please see:

Receiving permission error when using a CIFS mount for backups