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1. Stop cpanel, apache (litespeed), mysql services:
/etc/init.d/cpanel stop
/etc/init.d/httpd stop
/etc/init.d/lsws stop
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
2. Umount /tmp and /var/tmp:
umount -l /tmp
umount -l /var/tmp
3. Move /usr/tmpDSK file to another location (just in case you˘ll need to mount it somewhere else to preserve data):
mv /usr/tmpDSK /usr/tmpDSK_back
4. Modify /scripts/securetmp to set tmpdsksize to desired size:
vi /scripts/securetmp
$tmpdsksize = 2048000
5. Run:
/scripts/securetmp
6. Start cpanel, apache (litespeed), mysql services:
/etc/init.d/cpanel start
/etc/init.d/httpd start
/etc/init.d/lsws start
/etc/init.d/mysql start
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