Unable to CHMOD a dir back to 755

[Xiode]

Somehow one of my users managed to chmod public_html to 000.... I have no idea nor does he how this happened.. When I try to chmod it back to 755 i get this


root@***** [/home/user]# chmod 0755 public_html
chmod: changing permissions of `public_html': Operation not permitted



Any ideas?

[Spiral]

This may actually have been done automatically by your firewall if you have CSF installed ...

This should help ...

chattr -i /home/user
chmod 0755 /home/user

(Sounds like the immutable flag has been set with chattr)

[Xiode]

how can I stop this from happening... and... How did it happen....

[Xiode]

I found the problem...

Mon Jul 16 16:48:46 2007 lfd: *Script Alert* - A script in /home/user/public_html has sent an email 251 times within the last hour
Mon Jul 16 16:48:46 2007 lfd: /home/user/public_html has been disabled


I just took on a new rather large client. Is there a way I can stop this watch per client basis.. He is sending out news letters to around 1200 people...

[Spiral]

There is a configuration option in CSF / LFD to disable the folder disable feature or you
can set your maximum mail sending settings a bit higher so it's not quite so sensitive.

[Xiode]

Can I not set it on a per account basis? It would be more useful. I know this user isn't sending spam but I don't want the entire server to be able to send 1,500 emails an hr.

[Spiral]

Are you asking about the email limit or disabling folder access as being "per account"?

[chirpy]

You can ignore a particular path by adding the following to /etc/csf/csf.signore:

/home/user/public_html

Then restart lfd:

service lfd restart