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Warnings as shown below are given as reminders both on the Administration Dashboard page (yoursite/youradmin/index.php - you can go to this page by clicking Administration in the header bar at the top of the screen) and on the Security Checks page - go to Tools -> Security Checks. | Warnings as shown below are given as reminders both on the Administration Dashboard page (yoursite/youradmin/index.php - you can go to this page by clicking Administration in the header bar at the top of the screen) and on the Security Checks page - go to Tools -> Security Checks. | ||
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HTTP Authentication has not been set up for the osCommerce Administration Tool - please set this up in your web server configuration to further protect the Administration Tool from unauthorized access. | HTTP Authentication has not been set up for the osCommerce Administration Tool - please set this up in your web server configuration to further protect the Administration Tool from unauthorized access. | ||
Revision as of 04:56, 3 October 2019
Secure the Website
Warnings as shown below are given as reminders both on the Administration Dashboard page (yoursite/youradmin/index.php - you can go to this page by clicking Administration in the header bar at the top of the screen) and on the Security Checks page - go to Tools -> Security Checks. File:Images/securewarnings.png HTTP Authentication has not been set up for the osCommerce Administration Tool - please set this up in your web server configuration to further protect the Administration Tool from unauthorized access.
Add a second level of password protection to the "youradmin" folder/directory on the server.
Go to Configuration -> Administrators, click Edit, tick the Protect With htaccess/htpasswd box, click Save.
Alternative: A second level of password protection also be done on some host server accounts or use a htaccess password file generator e.g. htaccesstools.com
Optional: Password protection can also be added in a similar way to the whole website to prevent visitors or internet search engines finding the website before it is ready
I am able to write to the configuration file: /youradmin/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file.
Ensure both configure.php files have their file permissions set so only owner can read and write - right click on file and set File permissions to 644 or 444 dependent on server host.
Important: Our server only allows a 644 setting which causes the error message to remain on admin page - providing the setting is 644 this can be ignored.
Presuming a SSL certificate is installed - edit both includes/configure.php and youradmin/includes/configure.php on the server
In Filezilla - right click file - click View/Edit - change line 4 to define('ENABLE_SSL', true); - save and then back to Filezilla and click Yes to upload the file back to the server.
Important: includes/configure.php and youradmin/includes/configure.php are different files in different locations, never open both at once to avoid confusion and ensure they are transferred to the correct locations.
Github directory exists at: /youradmin/.github. You should delete this directory.
Delete this folder/directory from the server - right click and delete.
Installation directory exists at: /youradmin/install. Please remove this directory for security reasons.
Delete this folder/directory from the server - right click and delete.
NOTE: If the Install page is still shows instead of your shop, ensure Install folder/directory has been deleted, ensure your browser cache is cleared - note some servers also have a cache so if still showing contact your host server to request they clear your server cache.
The README text file is no longer required.
Delete this file from the server - right click and delete.
