cpanel root and default page display issues

[B12Org]

when i log in to cpanel as root it give me this

Internal Server Error

Could not fetch uid or gid for : root

if i go to http://myserver.com in a browser it redirects me to
http://myserver.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi

and the page displays

Template Error: The template file must be given

and now when I try and login to either whm or cpanel it goes to
https://myserver.com:2087/cpsess8697...=6701825475053

and displays

Not Found

The server was not able to find the document (./frontend/x3/index.html) you requested.
Please check the url and try again. You might also want to report this 
error to your web hosting provider.

whostmgrd/11.25

This all happened after I did live branding and uploaded a bunch of images and rebuilt sprites.

any ideas why?

[cPanelDon]

when i log in to cpanel as root it give me this

Internal Server Error

Could not fetch uid or gid for : root

if i go to http://myserver.com in a browser it redirects me to
http://myserver.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi

and the page displays

Template Error: The template file must be given

and now when I try and login to either whm or cpanel it goes to
https://myserver.com:2087/cpsess8697...=6701825475053

and displays

Not Found

The server was not able to find the document (./frontend/x3/index.html) you requested.
Please check the url and try again. You might also want to report this 
error to your web hosting provider.

whostmgrd/11.25

This all happened after I did live branding and uploaded a bunch of images and rebuilt sprites.

any ideas why?

What is your full cPanel version number?

What modifications were performed when attempting to customize branding? Was anything modified via SSH access?

Are there any messages in the cPanel error_log when accessing cPanel or WHM? You may find the error_log at the following path:

/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log

To access cPanel (where the X3 theme is used) the URL must use either non-SSL port 2082 or SSL port 2083. Port number 2087 from your provided URL is for access to WebHost Manager (WHM) only and not cPanel; WHM uses non-SSL port 2086 and SSL port 2087. Logging into cPanel requires a cPanel account username and password, and "root" cannot be used; however, a username of "root" may be used to access WHM.

[B12Org]

Im not sure where I get the full info from - but in whm it says

cPanel 11.25.0-S46156 [TRIAL] - WHM 11.25.0 - X 3.9

In Cpanel it shows

cPanel Version 11.25.0-STABLE

Branding and customization was peformed via ssh prior to this yes - I had modified the dynamicui.conf file to remove (comment out) entries that I didnt want to display - but after I was informed that my changes would be wiped out I undid those changes and made my own dynamicui_mine.conf file where I have my custom groups and items defined, and skipobj=>1 for those previously commented out items.

I also downloaded my own images for those file objects and rebuilt the bitmaps/sprites

by running

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/rebuild_sprites

We also have our CSS and header HTML defined in this file in which its basically a copy of yours with a couple lines modified (mostly background images and java script includes). We have the html setup in the branding folder with a unique name.


after that I tried using the UI to do similar things and thats when everything started acting whacky - although the problem with the

Template Error: The template file must be given

has occured since the actual installation. its wiered that there isnt some default html page for the server and it tries to load a cgi page instead - but thats a seperate issue I guess.

Additionally I just noticed that the Change Password icon has gone missing and no longer displays in cpanel either as a part of this. That was something that previously had a skipobj entry but that was commented out to put that functionality back in, and once that occured the icon no longer displays.

[cPanelDon]

Im not sure where I get the full info from - but in whm it says


In Cpanel it shows


Branding and customization was peformed via ssh prior to this yes - I had modified the dynamicui.conf file to remove (comment out) entries that I didnt want to display - but after I was informed that my changes would be wiped out I undid those changes and made my own dynamicui_mine.conf file where I have my custom groups and items defined, and skipobj=>1 for those previously commented out items.

I also downloaded my own images for those file objects and rebuilt the bitmaps/sprites

by running

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/rebuild_sprites

We also have our CSS and header HTML defined in this file in which its basically a copy of yours with a couple lines modified (mostly background images and java script includes). We have the html setup in the branding folder with a unique name.


after that I tried using the UI to do similar things and thats when everything started acting whacky - although the problem with the has occured since the actual installation. its wiered that there isnt some default html page for the server and it tries to load a cgi page instead - but thats a seperate issue I guess.

Additionally I just noticed that the Change Password icon has gone missing and no longer displays in cpanel either as a part of this. That was something that previously had a skipobj entry but that was commented out to put that functionality back in, and once that occured the icon no longer displays.

Regarding the Template Error, please try the following two commands, via root SSH access, followed by re-testing to see if the message still occurs:

# /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf
# /scripts/restartsrv_httpd

I recommend trying to reset cPanel X3 to stock-defaults by re-installing; this can be performed by saving a fresh backup of or renaming the existing x3 directory and then running a forced cPanel update, as seen below:

# mv -v /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3 /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3.backup
# /scripts/upcp --force

[B12Org]

The template error didnt go away after those two commands - I will try the x3 re-install once we have it all ready since then we can test an automated rollout with our changes thus far and see if its still there or if it was just a temp issue.

[cPanelDon]

The template error didnt go away after those two commands - I will try the x3 re-install once we have it all ready since then we can test an automated rollout with our changes thus far and see if its still there or if it was just a temp issue.

Please try the following two steps, pertaining to the message "Template Error: The template file must be given":

1. Access WHM: Main >> Account Functions >> Web Template Editor >> Default Website Page
2. Click Revert to Default

[B12Org]

That fixed it, thanks