{"id":4050,"date":"2017-04-04T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T00:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2017\/04\/04\/patchman-how-to-use-it\/"},"modified":"2023-06-12T10:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T14:24:30","slug":"patchman-how-to-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/security\/patchman-how-to-use-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Patchman and How Do I Use It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert alert-danger\">Patchman is no longer offered with InMotion Hosting accounts.  Malware detection is currently handled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/security\/monarx-security\">Monarx Security<\/a>.  For information, please follow the link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patchman is a malware and vulnerability detection and patching program. It is able to detect and safely fix vulnerabilities in many web applications. For example, this includes WordPress 3.x and later, Joomla! 1.5.x and later, and Drupal 5.x and later. This helps save time, and frustration by preventing hacks before they happen. Patchman even has the ability to undo the automatic changes it has made. Using it is free-of-charge on our business class and reseller class hosting plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"first-heading\">How Do I See If Patchman Made Any Changes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Log into cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the <span class=\"italic\">Advanced<\/span> section, click on <span class=\"strong\">Patchman<\/span><figure><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cPanel_PatchmanHighlight.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cPanel_PatchmanHighlight.png\" alt=\"Patchman icon\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the <span class=\"italic\">Patchman<\/span> page, the detections for your account are in a table at the bottom of the page. Note that vulnerabilities listed as Resolved show that a file was patched.<figure><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_detectionsHighlight.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_detectionsHighlight.png\" alt=\"Resolved file status\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"second-heading\">How Do I Undo Changes Patchman Has Made?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Log into cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the <span class=\"italic\">Advanced<\/span> section, click on <span class=\"strong\">Patchman<\/span><figure><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cPanel_PatchmanHighlight.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/cpanel\/cPanel_PatchmanHighlight.png\" alt=\"Patchman icon\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the detections table, click on <span class=\"strong\">Actions<\/span><figure><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_detectionsHighlight.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_detectionsHighlight.png\" alt=\"Resolved file status\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <span class=\"strong\">Undo patch<\/span><figure><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_actionsHighlight.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_actionsHighlight.png\" alt=\"Actions dropdown\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <span class=\"italic\">Status<\/span> column for the undone patch will now show as <span class=\"italic\">Reverted<\/span><figure><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_revertedStatusHighlight.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px; width: 200px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/website\/security\/Patchman\/Patchman_revertedStatusHighlight.png\" alt=\"Reverted file status\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! You now know what Patchman is, how to check vulnerabilities it has found, and how to de-patch a file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patchman is no longer offered with InMotion Hosting accounts. Malware detection is currently handled by Monarx Security. For information, please follow the link. Patchman is a malware and vulnerability detection and patching program. It is able to detect and safely fix vulnerabilities in many web applications. For example, this includes WordPress 3.x and later, Joomla!<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/security\/patchman-how-to-use-it\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57014,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Patchman and How Do I Use It | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article explains what Patchman is, what it does, and how to use its cPanel plugin to view or undo changes it has made.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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