CentOS WHM Directory Restoration

During a rescue-mode password reset I accidentally chrooted to the wrong path and the usual /home/username/public_html tree vanished. The data is actually sitting under /mnt, so the priority is to rebuild the standard CentOS + WHM layout and make sure every site points back to its correct home directory. The server previously followed the stock CentOS/WHM structure; no custom paths or tweaks were in place. I do have partial backups if we need to cross-check or replace individual files, but a full restore from backup alone is not possible. Here’s what I need done: • Restore the canonical /home hierarchy, mount points and symlinks so that WHM, cPanel accounts and Apache see the right folders again. • Fix ownership and permissions so each account’s public_html is readable by Apache but writable only by the account user. • Reset the root password properly and confirm clean SSH and WHM login. • Bring every hosted site back online, verifying via browser that they load without 404s or permission errors. Acceptance will be a working WHM login, SSH root access, and all sites live from their original URLs. If you work comfortably in rescue mode, mdadm/LVM and CentOS file-system recovery, this should be straightforward.

Project ID: 40413924