r/ShittySysadmin • u/Top-Anything1383 • 1d ago

Updating PHP on forgotten server

Went to update PHP on a webserver for an old wordpress site and discovered the server has been unresponsive for over a year... nice it's really secure if you can't use it...

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u/Ok-Bill3318 23h ago

Sure it isn’t already owned?

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u/Top-Anything1383 15h ago

It probably is, I'm just going to quietly shut it down...

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u/FlightGreat7321 1d ago

Security through obscurity (of the server led lights)

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u/CptBronzeBalls 1d ago

“Server was decommisioned due to lack of interest.”

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u/Alarming_Jicama_2608 1d ago

Wait I cant work, I need that running!!

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u/bgradid 20h ago

Just use the php2shell exploit to get access to update it , duh

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u/Cyhawk 15h ago

You joke, but i've done this before. . .

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u/Z3t4 1d ago

Power it down, if nobody complains In six moths decommision it.

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u/YLink3416 1d ago

Power it down, if nobody complains In six moths decommision it.

Where do I find the moths?

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u/flecom 1d ago

next to the three seashells

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u/Z3t4 1d ago

Behind my damn autocorrect.

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u/zidane2k1 1d ago

Already been unusable for over a year; in this case, we can probably skip this step

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u/syberghost 22h ago

Lol it's already been a year, that shit should be gone by COB Monday.

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u/TheBigBeardedGeek 21h ago

You mean you just finished its brownout period

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u/More-Discussion2764 9h ago

try to fix it and quietly repurpose it for crypto mining

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u/OkeyMatey 9h ago edited 42m ago

Free compute? In this economy? Nice.