Setup:Deleting the install directory

From Cerberus Helpdesk Wiki

Written off a 4.x helpdesk, but should work in 5.x. Needs screenshots updated.

What it means

On the last page of the Cerb installer you will see the following warning:

If you ignore it, a second warning appears whenever you browse ‘helpdesk setup’. This warning will not go away until you actually do what it says.

So why are we constantly reminding you to delete this “potential security risk”? I’m sure there are a host of legitimate reasons, but a couple of obvious reasons come to mind. For one thing the ‘install’ folder contains a phpinfo file, giving sneaky individuals a possible entry point to grab information about your server. Secondly by removing this directory, it eliminates the possibility of someone accidentally (or purposely) running the installer again -- destroying your current setup.

How to delete it

Ironically the most confusing part of this whole message, is where to actually find this directory. It’s a lot simpler than you might think as there is nothing to do in the actual Cerb interface. Instead you simply need to delete the ‘install’ directory from inside the Cerb5/ folder you downloaded or unzipped on your server.

Note that if you grabbed Cerb through Subversion, the directory will re-appear on future SVN Update(s). It’s a bit of a pain but you will have to delete it again.