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Securing and cleaning the /tmp directory/partition on Cpanel/WHM servers...

• stop all services which uses /tmp
  service httpd stop
  service mysql stop
  service chkservd stop
  
• remove the tmp directory
  umount -1 / tmp
  umount -1 /var/tmp
  rm -fv /usr/tmpDSK
  
• recreate and secure /tmp
  edit /scripts/securetmp and change the $tmpdsksize to your chosen number of bytes (we use 20480000 = 2Gb)
  /scripts/securetmp answering yes to both questions
  
• restart the server
  reboot
  

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