[pmwiki-users] how to remove vandalism from wiki

[Matt Hollingsworth]

Thanks for the info.

Point by point:


> > Interestingly enough, that does not show the changes made.
> > Some vandal went there on November 3rd and changed a buncha
> > pages.  He did on some other dates too, just adding nonsense.
> 
> If the wiki does not show any changes, means that it was not done
> though the wiki. 
> 
> Most likely a web or ftp server problem. The spammer could be
> adding these through direct/raw editing of the files.
> 
> SolutionSs
> 
> 1. Check the logs of the server to tell you how this was done.

Logs don't go back that far.  They only go back one week.


> 2. Check the file ownerships. All these files should be owned the
> web server.

They're mostly all 777 permissions.  Should I change them to something else?

> 3. What's are the .htaccess [linux] settings.

No idea.  How do I check that?

> 4. Check the admin passwords. Time to change the password.

Changed.

> 5. SSH [linux]? change the port to a higher value than 22...

Don't know about this.  Checking into it.  I don't think I have it enabled at all.



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