Thanks for additional info. Remains a mystery. Just kill your server and restart. Please report any future puzzles.
I hate it when I know a bug is almost certainly in my code, but that a third party abusing your account could also be an explanation. Did the 10 attempts come completey as a surprise when you expected a clean page with no counts? Or did the 10 come suddenly after 1 actual bad password? On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 2:55 PM, bob therriault <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Eric, > > I actually did kill my server and restart last night and have not seen the > login/logoff problem occur again (see update below). I'm still using the > same configuration, so we may be able to rule Chrome or OSX 10.6.4 as the > cause (although you never know with intermittent problems). I was not using > the back button on the browser tab, but just reentering the password, so I > don't think refresh is the cause of the escalating attempts. Once killed and > restarted the password worked, so the caps locked or bad password issues > were apparently not the cause (whew!). > > Late update, after successfully logging on and off several times over the > last 15 hours, I just got the '10 attempts - maximum 5' message and can't > log on. I had not seen any unsuccessful logins since the most recent > restart. > > Would you like me to kill my server and restart now, or is there a benefit > to letting you have a look again? I think I may give it a try with Safari on > the next restart and see if it is a browser related. > > Your thoughts? > > Cheers, bob > > On -Jun21-2010, at -Jun21-201011:37 AM, Eric Iverson wrote: > > > I haven't been able to duplicate your password problems. At this stage > the > > only way to reset your count so you can try again is to use JUM to kill > your > > server and restart it. Please let me know if this works and whether you > see > > any more funny stuff with the password. > > > > There is a small chance another person (a bad person) was trying to log > > into your account. But more likely it is a logic bug and I'd appreciate > any > > additional observations. > > > > *** an additional thought > > The 29 count is very mysterious. Hard to believe the mythical bad person > > keeps hitting enter. Is there any chance that page is in your browser > > history and in using your browser back button you are unknowingly doing > page > > refreshes? The page should be no-chache so this shouldn't happen but this > is > > an area to look into. I wonder if Chrome does something different here. > > > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 1:01 AM, bob therriault <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Hi Eric, > >> > >> I was able to log in and use the server under the user name of > >> bob_therriault successfully, doing some simple interaction, opening > files, > >> and running labs. I then logged off and logged in again using the same > >> password, at which point it indicated that there had been two > unsuccessful > >> attempts ( I hadn't been aware of any unsuccessful attempts!). Since I > was > >> allowed a maximum of 5 unsuccessful attempts, I was allowed back on > again > >> and everything worked fine. I then logged off. This morning when I tried > to > >> log on using the same password, it indicated 10 unsuccessful attempts > and > >> would not allow me access. Trying it two more times raised the attempts > >> level to 12 (the counter seems to be working) but no successful log in. > I am > >> using Chrome for Mac on a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 Let me > >> know if there is any further information you require. I am very enthused > >> about integrating browsers into the J experience. > >> > >> Cheers, bob > >> > >> ps. I had sent this email earlier, before I had subscribed to the > non-batch > >> beta-forum (I hadn't seen it arrive, so I am resending). Subsequently, I > >> tried logging in again (10 hours later) and now it is telling me that > there > >> are 29 failed attempts, and still not logging me on. bt > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
