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10-16-2012, 11:23 AM #1Disabled
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Help Cant login to WHM or cPanel as root
I am trying to login to root via WHM but getting invalid login, was working fine earlier. I am logged in as root via SSH and have tried changing password but still no effect:
The following process is getting high CPU:
/usr/local/cpanel/base/show_template.stor cpanel_locale docroot /usr/local/cpanel/base defaul
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10-16-2012, 11:41 AM #2Disabled
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Ok, I did some further analysis, seems like some idiot uploaded cPanel brute force script and was trying to crack the servers root password.
I already have brute force protection enabled on the server, so how can I make my servers more protected from these type of scripts?
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10-16-2012, 11:42 AM #3Hello World
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10-16-2012, 11:54 AM #4Disabled
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1. ClaimAV Scanner.
2. CSF firewall.
3. mod_security and suPHP
4. regularly upgrade version of third party installed scripts.
5. Always choose strong passwords for FTP, cPanel/WHM.
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10-16-2012, 11:56 AM #5Disabled
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10-16-2012, 12:06 PM #6Disabled
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Also, harden the Security Of /tmp Directory.
1. Creating /tmp as a different partition.
2. Setting /tmp as non-executable attributes.
3. Refraining the use of /tmp for web scripts.
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10-16-2012, 04:21 PM #7WHT Addict
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these might be of help...... help make server more secure... posted over on cpanel forums
http://solidshellsecurity.com/tools/...-installer.php
http://solidshellsecurity.com/tools/...-installer.php
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10-16-2012, 05:48 PM #8Disabled
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You can try upcp using below command :
/scripts/upcp
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10-16-2012, 05:51 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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10-16-2012, 07:27 PM #10Newbie
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Have you contacted cPanel support? They where always helpful with my problems.
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10-17-2012, 09:20 AM #11Disabled
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10-18-2012, 12:40 AM #12Web Hosting Guru
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Unless you have clear idea about the method used to get the files into the server, you can't defend it compltely. Check the server and cpanel logs.
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