 Reason Why Accounts Got Mysteriously Suspended, Web Hosting accounts getting suspended mysteriously |
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  Nov 28 2007, 11:13 AM
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Administrator  Group: Admin Posts: 1,436 Joined: 11-June 04 From: Somewhere in Time & Space. Member No.: 1  |
Dear Members,
Today, I found out the culprit who was suspending our free web hosting accounts :-) It was no other than our OLD EPSILON server on which this forum was hosted. 10 days ago, we had shifted this forum to a new server with a FASTER Board and processor. The old server had its CRON service active and services were still running on it. The old EPSILON server never got any NEW POSTS and hence, the credits did not increase. As a result, All members who got suspended on the old server were suspended on GAMMA (our free hosting server). For security reasons, account suspending and un-suspending is done w/ a key. Hence, the free accounts suspended by the old server could not be un-suspended by the new server. I figured this out today when I was going through the logs and checked the incoming connections on server GAMMA. I have formated the old server now and also disabled all the services on it. The old server was kept active for security, incase the transfer failed or if we noticed any further issues. This accident also made me build a new script from scratch which processes all accounts. The new script is much more secure and very fast :-) It has many bug fixes as well. I apologize for all the inconvenience few of our members had to go through. All things have been completely sorted now :-) Have a great Day and enjoy your hosting. Regards |
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Nov 28 2007, 11:28 AM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,071 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218  |
I hope you gave that server a big spanking OpaQue
 Could that also be the reason why the database did a 7 day rollback as well? Or no idea?
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Nov 28 2007, 07:36 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 506 Joined: 13-December 06 Member No.: 35,271 |
Dam that server, dam it to hell!
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Nov 28 2007, 10:24 PM
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Desperately seeking "any key" to continue... Group: Admin Posts: 3,382 Joined: 23-April 05 From: Trap17 storage box Member No.: 6,042 |
Hee hee, I told you my hunch is usually correct
 Anyway, good work OpaQue. I know you were in a very tight schedule but managed to find the error. Thanks! |
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Nov 28 2007, 10:31 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 247 Joined: 9-April 07 From: Nebraska Member No.: 41,342 |
Well I am glad it is all solved now!
Shift thanks! |
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Nov 28 2007, 11:55 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 233 Joined: 5-October 07 From: Random Places Member No.: 51,171  |
Nice job OpaQue!!! I didn't suffer any downtime, but all those that did I hope didn't leave. It's a good thing the files were saved. Great job!
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Nov 29 2007, 02:57 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 253 Joined: 27-May 07 Member No.: 43,758 |
Thank you
, I knew that there was something wrong when my hosting didn't come back, so I just waited...thank you for this! I'm sure all future, current, and old members will/do appreciate this work and effort put in on trap17's staff.
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Nov 29 2007, 08:27 AM
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Neurotical Squirrel Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 550 Joined: 4-November 04 From: Novi Sad, Vojvodina Member No.: 2,127 |
Since I have this stupid problem with inability to access my site from work, and Gamma server entirely, and when I saw my account was suspended but I had more than enough credits, I started worrying that maybe I was being suspended for violating TOS... The only problem with that, I do my best not to violate it... No illegal content, no porn, nothing... Just a plain personal site, with a couple of subdomains for my test projects...
Then I was relieved, when I saw this wasn't happening only to me, and then I figured it must be something with the system... But truth be told, I never expected this issue to be resolved this fast... I mean, many companies offering paid hosting won't react this quickly... I'm a happy member for 3 years, and I'll continue to be as long as there is Trap17... I'll soon move my site to ComputingHost, and I know I will be a sattisfied customer for a looooong time Way to go OpaQue, way to show those big hosting companies who's the boss 
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Nov 29 2007, 04:57 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 822 Joined: 6-March 05 Member No.: 4,202 |
So, another trap17 mistery solved
I must admit the topic title sounds funny. The evil old server, didn't want to die and tried to play its last card, and revenge against us.bad server, bad... 
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