Question
Why is it when we are attempting to run the command:
/usr/local/cpanel/cpanel -S
We are getting output that it's a "binary file cannot be started" ?
Answer
You will want to test the file by running the following command:
file /usr/local/cpanel/cpanel
If the output is as follows "Data," it can be very likely that the file has been corrupted:
/usr/local/cpanel/cpanel: data
If the case is similar, you will want to move/rename the file. You can do so by running:
mv -v /usr/local/cpanel/cpanel{,.bak}
Once you have moved/renamed the file, we can re-create it by using a cPanel update (upcp) command:
/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp
Afterward, you should be able to load the binary and it will be resolved, and you can request your cPanel support access ID.