whmcs already secured with softacolous?

[WebHostFreak]

Hi there,

 

I installed whmcs using cpanel and softaculous.

Now I wanted to secure my installation using this guide Further_Security_Steps

 

So, I wanted to move the three files out of the public folder but I see, there is already a folder called whmcsdata outsite of public_html containing "attachments", "downloads" and "templates_c".

 

BUT these files are in the public whmcs folder, too!

 

configuration.php ist pointing to the folder whmcsdatat and not the ones within public_html

 

$templates_compiledir = '/home/username/whmcsdata/templates_c/';

$attachments_dir = "/home/username/whmcsdata/attachments/";

$downloads_dir = "/home/username/whmcsdata/downloads/";

 

MY question now, do I still need to move these files out of the public folder or not, or maybe do I need to delete them? Does Softaculous already put them out of public folder since I had do name a data directory during the installation (whmcsdata by default)

 

I really need help on this since I don't want to mess something up. thanks so much.

Edited July 1, 2013 by WebHostFreak
more specific

[openmind]

As long as your config file is pointing to the folders outside your web root then you can remove the extra folders. They will have been created because they are included within the standard download from WHMCS.

 

On a side note, I'm impressed (again) with Softaculous for installing like this in the first place...

[WebHostFreak]

As long as your config file is pointing to the folders outside your web root then you can remove the extra folders. They will have been created because they are included within the standard download from WHMCS.

 

On a side note, I'm impressed (again) with Softaculous for installing like this in the first place...

 

I received the answer from Softaculous Support and they told me the same thing. Awesome