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Trying to use the WHM 'Grant cPanel Support Access' function, I was initially greeted with an error:
"A required program, ifconfig, is either not executable or does not exist."

The net-tools RPM provides ifconfig, but that RPM isn't part of a default AlmaLinux 8 install as it's considered somewhat legacy. And cPanel also doesn't add that RPM during its install.

Installing net-tools fixed the WHM function for me, but it should really be updated to remove the dependency on ifconfig. Or if...

Bug: WHM 'Grant cPanel Support Access' requires legacy ifconfig