Thanks Eric, Yep, it was a complete surprise, there were no indications of any bad passwords previously and then ...10. One more attempt just now gave the count at 11 so if someone is accidentally trying to get in (I try to think of the better side of people), they have not tried recently. I'll restart and run in Safari for a bit before I go back to Chrome to see if that is part of the issue.
Cheers, bob On -Jun21-2010, at -Jun21-201012:04 PM, Eric Iverson wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
