Which folder should contain my bash scripts

genesearch

• October 13, 2016 01:39

I am using a VPS host, with Cpanel/WHM so I have full control. On one of the hosting accounts, which is a live website, I have created some bash scripts to run some admin tasks at set times using cron. The Help desk at the provider is insisting I should have these scripts located in the /public-html folder, and I think they are nuts, but they wont listen to me. They said that I can secure the script locations, but thats not the point. If I make a human error and expose my scripts to the internet it can cause me problems. By putting my scripts into the home/ folder, then there is zero risk. Who is right, them or me?

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 13, 2016 23:22

  Hello, Could you provide more information about what the bash script does? Is it purely for account-specific tasks or does it require the manipulation or use of system-level files that only the "root" user has access to? Thank you.

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  genesearch

  • October 17, 2016 03:48

  Hello, Could you provide more information about what the bash script does?

  
  Thanks account specific tasks, which is why I place the bash script in the relevant home directory. i have a few different ones but one is for emailing a log file and then delete that file. No action on system files and no root required

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  torrent4all

  • October 19, 2016 20:33

  YOu can place bash scripts in your home folder /home/your_username. That is good option

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  iso99

  • October 20, 2016 02:39

  If it's a script executed by a non-root user, /home/username is a good place.

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  genesearch

  • October 20, 2016 05:41

  so do you all agree that placing bash scripts in home/username/public_html/ is not recommended?

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  aanbar

  • October 20, 2016 16:49

  public_html should only contain files you want to serve to people; everything else should be outside public_html Anything you want to access through command line or cron should not be in public_html directory

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  genesearch

  • October 20, 2016 22:52

  Thanks, thats what I have been telling tech support. Just needed someone to confirm I was on the right track

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