Hello,
Wondering if anyone knows how to or where I can find documentation on how to go into the server where a Moodle LMS is set up and save the .mbz courses from that side.
Recently had a hacker hack my site and now I cannot access anything except the server files.
Greatly appreciate any guidance in this.
Best,
Steve
Don't think there is any official docs, but check your PM on this system for a link.
'SoS', Ken
Follow up ... in the unfortunate event of a hacked site, it is a good practice to totally wipe out what's there and rebuild fresh operating system with supported versions of what makes Moodle go, then rebuild the moodle site as well. This time keeping in mind security first.
Hacked site could leave continued backdoors etc. and restoring onto same machine could mean a revisit in short order.
So finding mbz files in moodledata/filedir/ is but the first step ... download to local machine ... all of those ... don't just restore to same site.
my 2 cents!
'SoS', Ken
PM means Private Messages ... on this forum. Look for the 'Bell' icon top right corner.
I sent you a URL to an article you need to read ... because ...
The only file you will see in moodledata/filedir/ that is humanly recognizable is the 'warning.txt' file ... do read it. All of what you see in moodledata/filedir/ is really created and controlled by code talking to your DB for your moodle ... mdl_files table.
This query will get you a peak ...
select contenthash,filename from mdl_files where filename like '%.mbz';
The contenthash value is really the location and filename in moodledata/filedir/ - the filename column in that table is the humanly recognizable filename - the one you see in moodle if you could get to moodle. In your case, you can't!
And ... Internet has never really been a 'friendly place' thus anything serving anything is 'game'.
'SoS', Ken
From what I read of GD's issues ... managed (them) WordPress sites - attacker acquired credentials. Yep ... GD not known for moodle hosting ... but we do have a resident GD/Moodle user in these forums ... how about it Rick? Did you have any issues with your GD hosted Moodle? (Rick, however, doesn't use 'shared hosting' on GD so maybe he didn't have any un-pleasant experience.
Best of luck!
'SoS', Ken
