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404.shtml in public_html but couldn't find it?
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404.shtml in public_html but couldn't find it?

cpanel Errors show:

File not found [/home/mydomain/public_html/404.shtml]

When I go to public_html...I couldn't find the 404.shtml ?

I have "show hidden files" enable in File manager.

Comments

  • deankdeank Member, Troll

    Did you actually read what the error says?

  • @deank said:
    Did you actually read what the error says?

    I'm quite sure that there is no 404.shtml file in public_html

    But why do I get the error?

  • Chuck said: File not found [/home/mydomain/public_html/404.shtml]

    Isn't that self-explanatory?..

  • deankdeank Member, Troll
    edited August 2018

    Because it is not there?

    "Error not found" I think that's a pretty straight forward message.

  • File not found

    I couldn't find

    Uhhh, I think you just answered your own question?

  • ChuckChuck Member
    edited August 2018

    Is it possible that some spider/bot are looking for vulnerabilities within my site?

  • deankdeank Member, Troll

    No?

    It means the server wanted to serve a 404 error page but that file was not there.

  • Interesting. I don't get any broken links on my website.

    Not sure what happen...

  • HarzemHarzem Member
    edited August 2018

    Check your .htaccess or apache config files. Likely http.conf or similar under apache directory.

    Find ErrorDocument 404 404.shtml or a similar line. Let me know if you find the line, and exactly what it is.

    Someone is hitting a page that's not there. Apache is trying to display 404.shtml as an error document. However 404.shtml is not there either, so you are getting that error.

  • deankdeank Member, Troll
    edited August 2018

    @Chuck said:
    Interesting. I don't get any broken links on my website.

    Not sure what happen...

    Simple, really. Here is an example.
    There are a shit ton of Word Press hack bots out there. They target wordpress admin director for an example.

    Hence, 404.

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