It’s a shared (reseller) hosting account at HostGator. I can upload scripts and set them up to run under cron (via cPanel), but I don’t have SSH access.
-David > On Nov 19, 2014, at 9:51 PM, Eric Cope <[email protected]> wrote: > > can you install it locally? run it in userspace? > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:42 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Does anybody know of any scripts like tripwire that are designed to be > installed on shared hosting accounts to alert you to unexpected changes? > > Tripwire works by taking an inventory of the folders and files you want to > monitor. It then will do a scan periodically via a cron entry and compare the > file signatures with those recorded previously, as well as the two sets of > file lists. Any new, modified, or deleted files will be reported to you via > email or something like that. > > Somebody hacked into one of my websites through an exploit on an old WP > plugin that I neglected to update. I have no idea when it happened, but just > learned about it last week. I don’t pay a lot of attention to most of my > sites, so I thought it would make sense to install something like tripwire to > look for unexpected changes. (Tripwire itself needs to be installed in the > root and needs root access, AFAIK. Maybe not. Suggestions welcome!) > > -David > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > <http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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