Replacing an Open file

  • indelg1

    (@indelg1)


    6 years, 6 months ago

    We recently were hacked by malware. We repaired our site, but were unable to remove on file en-IS.php. I finally discovered why, the file header.php was edited to include a line that required the presence of the above file in our file structure.

    I have the original header.php file without the line added by the hacker. If I try to simple overwrite the file I cannot becuase it is open. What is the best and most graceful way I can get the header.php file closed, so I can replace it.

    Do I need to shut down my site temporarily to do this? If som How would I do that?

    Thanks

    Greg

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 6 months ago

    Is header.php the file you cannot replace? Try renaming it to “header-bad.php” then upload a clean copy of header.php. Later, you should be able to delete header-bad.php.

    I’ve never run into a file-is-open problem on a web server.

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