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  • vNovice
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2002
    • 148

    How to upgrade hacked 3.0.3 board ?

    This board was being replaced soon but not soon enough obviously. It is version 3.0.3. I'm locked out from the my admin CP and can't access the board. How do I get back in / upgrade ?

    I checked the config file and it looks normal. My host will have a backup of the database if needed.

    Thanks in advance.
  • Floris
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2001
    • 37767

    #2
    Upload tools.php from the .zip's do_not_upload/ folder into your admincp directory. Then run it from the browser. Reset the cookie path and domain.
    You should then be able to login.

    If you got hacked and lost complete access to your forum, register as a new user on your forum, then go to tools.php and update your new username to the admin. Then use that to login as admin. And change the pass on the original admin.

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    • vNovice
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2002
      • 148

      #3
      Am I uploading the entire new package for 3.6.4 and then adding the tools.php to that or adding tool.php to the existing 3.0.3 install ?

      I got the following errors when I added tools.php to the 3.0.3 admincp directory:

      Warning: main(./install/init.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mydomain/public_html/dlforum_old/admincp/tools.php on line 43

      Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './install/init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/mydomain/public_html/dlforum_old/admincp/tools.php on line 43
      Last edited by vNovice; Tue 13 Feb '07, 8:42am.

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      • Steve Machol
        Former Customer Support Manager
        • Jul 2000
        • 154488

        #4
        This means you are missing the install directory or the necessary files in the directory. You need to upload that directory and files, except for install.php.
        Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
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        • Boxy
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2002
          • 3139

          #5
          tools.php requires the install folder, reupload all the 3.0.3 files. Then run tools.php to fix the current problem. Then upload the 3.6.4 files and run the upgrade script.

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          • vNovice
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2002
            • 148

            #6
            OK, thanks.
            Last edited by vNovice; Tue 13 Feb '07, 8:53am.

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            • vNovice
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2002
              • 148

              #7
              I just started to do the upgrade to 3.6.4 and ran upgrade upgrade_304.php

              I get the following error in step 1.

              Database error in vBulletin :

              Invalid SQL:
              SELECT varname, value, datatype FROM setting;

              MySQL Error : Unknown column 'datatype' in 'field list'
              Error Number : 1054
              Date : Friday, February 16th 2007 @ 02:09:51 AM
              Script : http:/mydomain.com/dlforum/install/upgrade_304.php?step=1
              Referrer : http://mydomain.com/dlforum/install/upgrade_304.php
              IP Address : my IP
              Username :
              Classname : vb_database

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              • Boxy
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2002
                • 3139

                #8
                This error means a step has been missed. Re-run the upgrade.

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                • vNovice
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 148

                  #9
                  Since I'm trying to upgrade a 3.0.3 board I started at upgrade_304.php, the error is on the first step. According to the manual it's a bad idea to reload a script so I don't understand how I'm going to start over as you suggest.

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                  • Steve Machol
                    Former Customer Support Manager
                    • Jul 2000
                    • 154488

                    #10
                    As per the instructions start with upgrade.php and see what happens.
                    Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
                    Change CKEditor Colors to Match Style (for 4.1.4 and above)

                    Steve Machol Photography


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                    • vNovice
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 148

                      #11
                      OK, did that and completed the upgrade.

                      However I still have the hacked home page on the forum. It's not clear to me how I remove it.

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                      • Steve Machol
                        Former Customer Support Manager
                        • Jul 2000
                        • 154488

                        #12
                        Did you revert your templates?
                        Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
                        Change CKEditor Colors to Match Style (for 4.1.4 and above)

                        Steve Machol Photography


                        Mankind is the only creature smart enough to know its own history, and dumb enough to ignore it.


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                        • vNovice
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 148

                          #13
                          Just reverted forum home and that did it.

                          Thank you very much!

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