How to set bandwidth usage to 0 for a cPanel user account.

Introduction

On occasion, you may need to reset a user's bandwidth to 0 before the end of the month. This article provides the procedure to reset a specific user's bandwidth to 0 for the month.

Procedure

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or "Terminal" in WHM.
2. Move aside the user's bandwidth database file.

   mv -v /var/cpanel/bandwidth/$username.sqlite{,.$(date +%s)}

   Please note that "$username" must be replaced with the cPanel user's username.
3. Move aside the user's bandwidth cache file.

   mv -v /var/cpanel/bandwidth.cache/$username{,.$(date +%s)}

   Please note that "$username" must be replaced with the cPanel user's username.
4. Run the rebuild_bandwidthdb_root_cache script.

   /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/rebuild_bandwidthdb_root_cache

   Please note that the script will process bandwidth for every user on the server and not just the user you wish to manage.