High disk usage – Other folder in disk usage – WHM / cPanel

WHM will count any file who’s owner is the same as the cpanel account. In case cPanel reports Others in the quota then run the following command as root:

find / -user USER >> /root/list_of_files.txt

The resulting file will list all the files under the ownership of the account owner. Firstly, look for locations outside the users home directory, fixing the permissions of those will fix things for you in most cases.