Admin folder change name

[cdomingues77]

Hello, 

I finally install prestashop on my home vbox webserver CentOS.

Bu I notice that every time I go to the adminsitration page it change the folder name I rename do admin and when I enter it changes automaticly the name.

Why?

I don't understant

Regards

CDomingues 

[Simonas Invertus]

When hackers try to attack your website the first thing they will do, they will try to access admin page. To make it harder for hackers, PrestaShop renames admin folder to random gibberish. It's kinda stupid but this is the way PrestaShop works.

You can't have admin named "admin", but you can name it "bo" or "badmin" or "admi". 

 

[cdomingues77]

Thanks a lot for the info

[joseantgv]

It's changed at initContent() function from AdminLoginControllerCore class:

if (basename(_PS_ADMIN_DIR_) == 'admin' && file_exists(_PS_ADMIN_DIR_.'/../admin/')) {
    $rand = 'admin'.sprintf('%03d', rand(0, 999)).Tools::strtolower(Tools::passwdGen(6)).'/';
    if (@rename(_PS_ADMIN_DIR_.'/../admin/', _PS_ADMIN_DIR_.'/../'.$rand)) {
        Tools::redirectAdmin('../'.$rand);
    } else {
        $this->context->smarty->assign(array(
            'wrong_folder_name' => true
        ));
    }
} else {
    $rand = basename(_PS_ADMIN_DIR_).'/';
}