Hey guys,
for the last few weeks I've been getting a visitor who has tried to login but has yet to register an account. I suspect he's trying to get access as an admin.
I want to know what usernames he's trying to login with. How could I learn that ? Anything like 'failed login attempts' out there ?
Thanks so much.
Failed login attempts are in all the error log:
Admin -> Maintenance -> Error Log
Woah, thanks so much.
I now have what might be a problem. There are 6313 pages of errors. :) And another error seems to come after each click.
This is what seems to be causing all those pages (the most occuring error):
8: Undefined variable: context
/home/wohoo/public_html/forums/Sources/Load.php
211
How would I get rid of/fix that ?
I assume you have a mod installed? Easiest way to *stop* the error is open Load.php in an editor, go to line 211, and find the top of the function it lives in. Then add $context to the global list.
To clear your error log out, so those particular errors go away, try something like:
DELETE FROM smf_log_errors WHERE message LIKE "%Undefined variable: context%"
Run that in phpMyAdmin.
Cheers,
Grudge
Thanks for the help but I don't I'm still a beginner at all this.
So bare with me please :)
This is what I have on line 211:
if (!$context['user']['is_guest'] && (!empty($modSettings['show_bookmark'])))
What now ?
The forum error log doesn't show what username he tried to login with. Where can I see that ?
I'd like to know if he wants to gain access to the admin account or is he's just having problems logging in.
Thanks!
The easiest way for you to see what you're looking for in your error log is to log out then when you try to log back in, enter a wrong password. Log in and go look at the error log. It sounds to me like a bot.
Ok, I see now. Thanks a lot.
But do bots print pages ? Cause that's what he does a few times a day.
'Who's Online' shows you what they are TRYING to do, not what is actually being done.
A bot will attempt to click each and every link it finds and that is what will be displayed.
Next time you see a guest on the board doing something you think is odd, try checking the IP address. :)
Yeah, I've been doing that. It comes up as WASHINGTON, REDMOND, MICROSOFT CORP
I banned him by ip, came back a day later as 207.46.98.126 instead of 207.46.98.127
So it's most likely a bot ?
And thanks for the explanation. I was getting paranoid over here :) (my first community)
yep... a bot :)
I wouldn't ban it if you want the added traffic it may bring.
It adds me to searh engines and such ?
Yeah, because 207.46.98.126 and 207.46.98.127 when traced belong to msn's bot (msnbot.msn.com). You blocked MSN from spidering your site for their search engine basically...
Quote from: wohoo on April 23, 2005, 03:50:33 AM
Thanks for the help but I don't I'm still a beginner at all this.
So bare with me please :)
This is what I have on line 211:
if (!$context['user']['is_guest'] && (!empty($modSettings['show_bookmark'])))
What now ?
Going back to this problem. Replace that line with:
if (!$GLOBALS['context']['user']['is_guest'] && (!empty($modSettings['show_bookmark'])))To make all those error messages go away - it's the bookmark mod which is causing those errors.
Thanks for the help. I did what you said but now another error comes up:
8: Undefined index: user
/home/wohoo/public_html/forums/Sources/Load.php
211
On a side note, I uninstalled the bookmark mod a while ago.
Any help ?
What are lines 205 to 216 of Load.php?
How do I modify files? (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=24110.0)
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My apologies for the late response.
I used Dreamweaver to show the line numbers and lines 205 to 216 of Load.php are:
elseif ($user_info['is_admin'])
$user_info['query_see_board'] = '1';
// Registered user.... just the groups in $user_info['groups'].
else
$user_info['query_see_board'] = '(FIND_IN_SET(' . implode(', b.memberGroups) OR FIND_IN_SET(', $user_info['groups']) . ', b.memberGroups))';
// Thread Bookmarks
if (!$GLOBALS['context']['user']['is_guest'] && (!empty($modSettings['show_bookmark'])))
{
if (!empty($user_info['n_bookmarks']))
{
$t_book = array();
Replace !$GLOBALS['context']['user']['is_guest'] with !$user_info['is_guest'].
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Yes, that does it. Thank you!