Issue occurs only in CageFS

Introduction

This article aims to provide some troubleshooting steps when an issue occurs, and a user has CageFS enabled.

Please note that this article relates to the CloudLinux Operating System or Ubuntu, with the CloudLinux subsystem.

Procedure

The following commands can typically be used when a system-wide change has been made, but users cannot see the change. A system file is often changed or fixed, but users only see the old data because of how CageFS works.

To confirm that the issue only occurs in CageFS, disable CageFS for the user temporarily:

cagefsctl --disable user

To enable it again:

cagefsctl --enable user

To fix an issue for all users on the server

Remount CageFS, then force an update:

cagefsctl -M

cagefsctl --force-update

If all else fails, reinitialize CageFS:

cagefsctl --reinit