You may have noticed that cPanel’s default partition size for /tmp is 512 MB, which in some cases can be way too small.
The /tmp partition on cPanel servers, assuming it was the one cPanel created and not one you did yourself, is a file-based partition that can easily be resized.
By default on most servers, /tmp is the temporary dumping place for a lot of things, for example:
PHP session files
PHP temporary file uploads
MySQL temporary files
Cache files for certain Apache modules
Most software that uses temporary files or sessions will automatically prefer to use /tmp – this folder is usually set to 777 permissions and therefore writeable by every user on the server.
When your /tmp partition fills up, it can cause noticeable problems for your users. If you run a larger server, the /tmp folder can fill up quickly and be very annoying as far as maintenance is concerned. Fortunately there is a very easy way to increase the size of this partition on a standalone server.
Now open /scripts/securetmp and look for this line:
my $tmpdsksize = 512000; # Must be larger than 250000
And change the “512000″ value to your desired size in MB, and save the file. Now run the following script to recreate /tmp:
/scripts/securetmp
This will recreate your /tmp (tmpDSK) partition using the size you specified. While the securetmp script may be overwritten in a cPanel update, the size of /tmp will not be affected one you alter its size.
