WARNING - Someone changed my robots.txt

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  1. #1
    Checked my robots.txt today after noticing some strange things in the search results. My robots.txt had been changed to disallow all. :mad:

    Not sure if its the webhost or if i've been hacked.
     
    amnezia, Sep 17, 2007 IP
  2. Jerlene.net

    Jerlene.net Prominent Member

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    You left it in a vulnerable directory.
     
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  3. amnezia

    amnezia Peon

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    Well obviously it was in the webserver root directory where the robots.txt is always placed.
     
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    Jerlene.net Prominent Member

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    Well obviously it was 777'd. Dumb move.
     
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    MatthewN Well-Known Member

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    Also upgrade all your scripts that you run as any one of them could have been responsible for letting someone in.
     
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  6. amnezia

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    actually 644 :p
     
    amnezia, Sep 17, 2007 IP
  7. TheMagpie

    TheMagpie Active Member

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    #7
    what dose this mean. We all need to check if 777 is set back to 644. My host seams to set everything to 644 after I'm done working on a site.


    Learning everyday
     
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    KingofKings Banned

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    What host do you use? :)
     
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  9. amnezia

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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    #10
    is it possible to change someones others robots.txt?
     
    trichnosis, Sep 17, 2007 IP
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    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    #11
    shouldn't all the files be read only when accessed from the outside anyway?
     
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    usasportstraining Notable Member

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    #12
    I hope you've backed up all your files. Who know what else could be changed?
     
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  13. the-kids

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    #13
    what host you used?
     
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    #14
    reccomended chmod for robots.txt?
     
    Sean-Pollock, Sep 17, 2007 IP
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    akhilesh243 Active Member

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    It appears Funny. Your Robots.txt file must be on chmod 777.If this is the case change it immediately to required vale.
     
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    bingo once again, on the same page as me. Just need to chmod the file to 744 or 644 or somethign like that...
     
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    ca4nul Active Member

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    #17
    strange problem
     
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    IEmailer.com Well-Known Member

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    #18
    Really wear problem in here, You have to take security as a critical part in your website development and publishing.
     
    IEmailer.com, Sep 19, 2007 IP
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    #19

    What the hell has a funny commercials site got to with this?
     
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    ... some problem happened to your site
     
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