Problem with forum after Ddos attack.

[AlexGC]

Hi, last night i received some heavy attacks ddos (more than 300 connection) and so my host blocked the site. Now when i try to log-in on the forum i have this error: "insert a nickname" and if i press "recover your password" he say that the session has timed out. Now how can i fix the problem?
SMF Version 2.0.9

Sorry for my english.

[Kindred]

perhaps your host did not  recover everything?


"insert a nickname"??     That is not a part of the standard SMF installation....

try deleting your local cookies in your browser.

[AlexGC]

Sorry, my forum is in italian. The right text are "You need to fill in a username.". All the user can't connect because we have the same problem.

[AlexGC]

Up.
The problem are with phpsessid.

[Steve]

Please don't bump in less than 24 hours.

[Kindred]

try deleting your local cookies in your browser.

open settings.php and change the cookie name

go to phpmyadmin and truncate the smf_sessions table

[AlexGC]

Please don't bump in less than 24 hours.

Sorry.

try deleting your local cookies in your browser.

open settings.php and change the cookie name

go to phpmyadmin and truncate the smf_sessions table

I changed the cookie name but i have a problem with the smf_sessions (look the attachment).

[margarett]

That's not a problem, the table is just empty already, no problems with that

Does changing the cookie help? How do you know the issue is with PHPSESSID?

[AlexGC]

That's not a problem, the table is just empty already, no problems with that

Does changing the cookie help? How do you know the issue is with PHPSESSID?

When i try to login on the link bar the link it's: www.mysite./index.php?PHPSESSID=*********4&action=login2 but before the ddos the link was without the PHPSESSID.

[Kindred]

actually, the phpsessid is completely correct.  it should be there.

[margarett]

Now it would be a good time for you to replace "mysite.com" with a real URL.

A phpinfo would also help
What is a phpinfo() file?