namaste

Thank you Bruce. One Finally query. When you state, "You cannot restore a full backup on your own.."... does that mean even when it says you CANNOT delete someone with God Status and you know that in Nuke_config you CAN do that and you have that access, that still does not allow you to do a FULL Backup / aka (?) full restoration, because that would be restricted to TCH. Am I correct here? Just attempting to understand the flow and sequence of my site. Hope I haven't posted anything a script bunnie would find 'useful'. Thank you ... Yet again.

I posted the following to the "Looking For...Forum." ( and TCH-Bruce sent me along to this thread). ....I note that the PHPbb Forum ->Gen.Admin->Restore Database presents ONE route to a Backup. In an attempt to understand the 'mystery' behind PHPNuke, my reading/research suggests to me that the Nuke_Database would be a DIFFERENT database, and should also be a part of any comprehensive Backup on your site. Not to forget that the cPanel also has a Backup route provided, with 3 options; Home, MySQL and Aliases or Filters + a Restoration Route for each, though none of the two above provide Restoration routes , or is that via FPT only? Where can I post to get some assistance on my cloudy picture of Backup? This thread in this Forum had helped somewhat BUT when Don refers to "techie" to whom is the nod given? I ask that because the techie who set up our site suggested that when I do a Backup I should also include the Nuke_database, AND from my vantage point that database is visible to me ONLY using PHPAdmin. Ergo, I am still 'cloudy' with respect to these latter parts of the Backups. Is this FULL Backup via the PHPbb Forum and if so does it NOT include the Nuke_database, if not, then is the backup available via cPanel? Where is the "home backup"? I also note that when I use either cPane or FTP that my files there include several Backups with various dates as part of the file name. If Don were to give those Backups a specific name locator, would he refer to them as 'home' or where in all this lexicon do they fit? Here's a link TCH-Bruce provide me with for a Backup Utility. [http://www.phpfreaks.com/script/view/11.php] Unfortunately that link makes certain assumptions about the depth and span of the knowledge of this numbie that is just not present..... at this time. Appreciate any help you folk can provide? George

I am wanting to post an query with respect to Backups. I note that the PHPbb Forum ->Gen.Admin->Restore Database presents ONE route to a Backup. In an attempt to understand the 'mystery' behind PHPNuke, my reading/research suggests to me that the Nuke_Database would be a DIFFERENT database, and should also be a part of any comprehensive Backup on your site. Not to forget that the cPanel also has a Backup route provided, with 3 options; Home, MySQL and Aliases or Filters + a Restoration Route for each, though none of the two above provide Restoration routes , or is that via FPT only? Where can I post to get some assistance on my cloudy picture of Backup?

Rob, Thank you for giving of your time to reply. I did attempt to block the IP via the IP Manager at cPanel. I also notice this feature is available in the phpbb forum, though I suspect that is restriced to the level of application if would have. In phpbb (which I access via Admin.php) they indicated you can block a range of IP numbers by inserting a comma between the start / end. I attempted this in cPanel but it did not work, so I entered the 85.106.178.189 and the 85.108.17.226 separately, plus the actual www.xxx. At the rate I'm progressing the learning curve would appear to be rather horizontal. I would appreciate it very much if you could accommodate me here. I've attempted to d/l the file but when I clicked the <download> I get a new screen and nothing. Attempted this with 3 different browsers with the same results, and using the Search at nukecops comes up Zero! Is is accessable anywhere via FTP? Also, I am still not able to connect to the Home Server of this software. With kind regards for your help and I sure hope folks in the Forum won't get 'ticked off' with me as I attempt to sort out this hacking problem via your valued input.

We are not a businees site, just a group of individuals who happen to like hiking,camping,fishing so we have a site that caters to our needs. The various modules on the site alllow us to u/l jpgs. discuss and schedule events. The site was set up by a Technical person trained in the field and he opted for PHPNuke. Over the past 6-8 months we have been hacked by what would appear to be the same person. Fortunately he has not taken the site down thought I believe he has the capacity to do this. The Techie Person helped recently but his job does not allow day to day monitoring and he's really no longer with the Club. Through stumpling and prodding I have been able to find my way to PHPAdmin, and in the nuke config sql file I located his 'Redirector'. I deleted it and his God Status but he came back again yesterday and my Log File indicated the following two entries followed by another 5-6 minutes of 'Getting' various area; *** CONTENT REMOVED *** - DON'T POST CLUES ON HOW TO HACK A SITE IN THESE FORUMS!!!! I found via the web a number of steps to follow when your phpnuke site has been hacked, one being looking for message posting URL, e.g. "admin.php?op=message.".... so the above was the result. The other was to update via new security patches and install Protector modules (can't connect to the Server to get the software). I did a WHOis DNS and found the above DNS to be located in Turkey.. (www.mynet.com) don't speak the lingo so can't contact the webmaster and yet the 'redirect' seemed to be a sub-domain, e.g. mysite.mynet.com or singleip.sitemynet.com/no.htm.... which made me supicious that this was also a hack. Bottom line is I dont' have the depth or span of knowledge to update the Security patches to phpNuke BUT I'm reasonably good on following directions . . . even when I read them from the web as I did to 'discover' phpAdmin and how to use it. PLEASE can someone here / out there in cyberworld help me patch the dang blasted hole this script bunny/kiddie is using and STOP this ruddy nuisance. I'll do my best to insert a nice bottle of Red or White in your Cellar. Thanks much. namaste Edit: TCH-Bruce - removed hacking scheme information. Don't post this in the forums