create compromised wordpress site docs#49
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Looks good overall, check comments
(I would fix some of these things if I could but working with a fork is annoying)
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| as root/with `sudo`. Select a backup using best judgement. It is usually best to check for when files were last changed to estimate a compromise date. | ||
| 4. Delete their `public_html` directory. |
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This should probably be updated to specify to delete the contents, as the directory itself is a symlink and it might be bad to remove the dir itself
ex: something like rm -rf public_html/* would be the correct command
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fixed, changed the wording
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| as root/with `sudo`. Select a backup using best judgement. It is usually best to check for when files were last changed to estimate a compromise date. | ||
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| 5. Rename the backed-up directory to `public_html` with `mv public_html_backup /* public_html`. |
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Typo in command, make sure the '/*' is next to public_html_backup
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instructions on fixing compromised sites for both userdocs and staffdocs