Dune Novels

Post by **Freakzilla** » 11 May 2008 19:31

He always seems to get quiet after that. Just like when I ask if KJA is a member of the HLP.

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 21 May 2008 15:51

Well, I guess I broke the DN forum, just gives me:

message_die() was called multiple times. This isn't supposed to happen. Was message_die() used in page_tail.php?

Spice Grandson · Post by **Spice Grandson** » 21 May 2008 16:03

A Thing of Eternity wrote:Well, I guess I broke the DN forum, just gives me:
message_die() was called multiple times. This isn't supposed to happen. Was message_die() used in page_tail.php?

Checking on it. Got the same message too.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 21 May 2008 16:05

She looks fine to me:

dunenovels.com Forum Index

Critical Information

You have been banned from this forum.
Please contact the webmaster or board administrator for more information.

Post by **Omphalos** » 21 May 2008 16:09

It has been really slow for me lately. I posted today that it was extremly slow all day long.

Here is what I get now. Anyone know what this means? Looks like it cant draw the board anymore, or a SQL (db) error.

phpBB : Critical Error

Error updating sessions table

DEBUG MODE

SQL Error : 1142 UPDATE command denied to user 'dunebbadmin'@'205.178.145.65' for table 'phpbb_sessions'

UPDATE phpbb_sessions SET session_time = 1211403320, session_page = 0, session_admin = 0 WHERE session_id = '89d67914391323d6dff7009f32cee0c5'

Line : 350
File : sessions.php

orald · Post by **orald** » 21 May 2008 16:13

The gods have shown their mighty wrath upon the wicked who walk the earth!

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 21 May 2008 16:17

SandChigger wrote:She looks fine to me:

dunenovels.com Forum Index

Critical Information

You have been banned from this forum.
Please contact the webmaster or board administrator for more information.

Priceless.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 21 May 2008 16:23

Still looking good here.

orald · Post by **orald** » 21 May 2008 18:25

Oh, is it my turn to check out DN and post whether I can view it?

I'm too lazy...and fear for my eternal soul.

Post by **Omphalos** » 21 May 2008 18:30

That fucker may be dead. Let's hope Byron backed it up weekly, like we do!

Crysknife · Post by **Crysknife** » 21 May 2008 18:37

Hypatia strikes again! She killed that place too!

orald · Post by **orald** » 21 May 2008 18:44

Crysknife wrote:Hypatia strikes again! She killed that place too!

Now to send her after Bin Laden?

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 21 May 2008 18:45

Oh, how I'd miss Arnoldo...

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 21 May 2008 18:53

I received the same "this isn't supposed to happen" message. No shit.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 21 May 2008 19:14

Ah...I see it, too, now.

Hmmm. I, too, was thinking on the drive down, that I really hoped they were backing things up.

It would be a shame to deprive posterity of the stupidity that was The Almighty Zeus.

The rest of the site seems OK, though.

Didn't Byron post something over there about them updating something a while back? I figure that's when the ban settings got whacked and I could view it again from home. It may be a problem with the new version of the boardware or...worst case, it could have been a cracker.

Byron: Tell Mike to go through and check the last-time-modified timestamps on all the files in the BBS directory (a lot of work, I know, so start with the main ones in the top directory, like index.php. tail.php looks suss from the error messages). If any of the files have been modified since the last time he changed things, you've found the problem.

If you have updated the boardware recently, there may be an incompatibility with the theme that has taken its time coming out.

FWIW.

AFTERTHOUGHT:

Byron: Also have Mike check to see if that old anti-spam code (SPAM_KILL_IT) I sent you is still in the files. I can't find a copy of what I sent you on the machine I'm on now, and I don't really think it's the problem, but have him look just the same. I can't remember if it used die() or message_die(). Maybe someone posted something that made it run amok? Anyway, I REPEAT, I don't think it's the problem, especially after all this time, but best to have him check, all the same.

HoosierDaddy · Post by **HoosierDaddy** » 21 May 2008 22:42

So DN forum got hacked?

I hope Jacurutu backs up the site often (like daily). phpBB is notorious for its lack of security. There are d00ds from Turkey that will crash a phpBB site for little to nothing.

Post by **Omphalos** » 21 May 2008 22:59

HoosierDaddy wrote:So DN forum got hacked?

I hope Jacurutu backs up the site often (like daily). phpBB is notorious for its lack of security. There are d00ds from Turkey that will crash a phpBB site for little to nothing.

I back them both up weekly.

HoosierDaddy · Post by **HoosierDaddy** » 21 May 2008 23:30

Omphalos wrote:
HoosierDaddy wrote:So DN forum got hacked?

I hope Jacurutu backs up the site often (like daily). phpBB is notorious for its lack of security. There are d00ds from Turkey that will crash a phpBB site for little to nothing.
I back them both up weekly.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 22 May 2008 03:14

I just had a look around the phpBB forums and it appears the problem can be caused by an upgrade of the boardware.

Byron: Tell Mike to have a look there for various suggestions on what to look at and try to fix the problem.

orald · Post by **orald** » 22 May 2008 06:28

HoosierDaddy wrote:There are d00ds from Turkey that will crash a phpBB site for little to nothing.

Put an Israeli/American flag as the banner, you'll get that real quick.

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 22 May 2008 11:15

Its still down. Maybe they couldn't handle it anymore and gave up

Bah, I've read enough of Hyppo and Arnie to last me a lifetime already.....

Nekkie, start the countdown.....

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 22 May 2008 12:14

Is it still down?

I just tried here from home again and I get the "You've been banned..." message, same as this morning.

That's actually a good sign, for what it's worth:

It means the boardware is still working AND the database is still intact enough to know I'm persona non grata.

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 22 May 2008 12:30

SandChigger wrote:Is it still down?

I just tried here from home again and I get the "You've been banned..." message, same as this morning.

That's actually a good sign, for what it's worth:

It means the boardware is still working AND the database is still intact enough to know I'm persona non grata.

yes sir. I get this:

message_die() was called multiple times. This isn't supposed to happen. Was message_die() used in page_tail.php?

Post by **Omphalos** » 22 May 2008 13:21

If the problem is chaos created as a result of trying to add some mod, and its been down this long, then I suspect that they have not backed up the board recently. Otherwise at this point they would have just said "Screw it! Go with the archived version."

Or maybe some evil hacker added some modification that they dont understand, and cant even get onto the thing to try to fix it.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 22 May 2008 13:24

I don't get what the hold-up is.

IF Mike was keeping proper backups of the database, it should be easy enough to get it back online. (Hints: There was mention on the phpBB boards of several database update & repair commands to run; try those. If the database can't be fixed quickly, change the name and set it aside for analysis. Reinstall the latest version of the software you know worked OK, create a new database with the old db name and fill it from the latest pre-update backup [hopefully kept]. A week or two of posts will be in limbo for a while, but they may be retrievable from the current db, which was set aside. THAT's what I would try doing, at least, but keep in mind that I'm not a pro at these things...like I assume Mike is.)

IF he hasn't been keeping backups of the database (and old copies of those) and can't repair the current one (only parts of which may be messed up: obviously the banned IP address table is fine

), it's fucked.

NOT to make light of the misfortune of others, but Teg and I talked on the phone around lunchtime yesterday and kinda wondered if this wouldn't be a great way of disposing of a lot of unfavorable material that was still on the board.

If Byron or someone else were to, say, start deleting threads, people would eventually notice and complain. But if there's a database failure and backups weren't kept ... whoops! oh well, too bad, what? Sure, a lot of stuff will be in the search engine caches for a while, but eventually it'll be replaced and disappear. New board, new content, stricter controls than before, WELCOME TO DUNE WORLD! Everything nice and happy looking for the new book series and upcoming movie!

The webmaster is Kevin's uncle, remember.

We get our chuckles from conspiracy theories like this.