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Hi. 
We had a random database error earlier today:
vBulletin 3.5.4
I removed our username and the ip address in the above message, the correct username was being used but we certainly do have a password setup for that user.
The ip address belongs to a very benign user, a lovely person with normal computer skills, certainly not a hacker of any sort.
I have checked the /includes/config.php and the password is still there, the timestamp of that file is still may 2006, the last time it was accessed by me. The forums are working fine and no other errors have been reported recently. Activity during the early hours of the morning is usually fairly quiet for us... perhaps 150 users inc guests/spiders.
Our hosts confirmed that no backdoor accounts have been setup on the (dedicated freebsd) server, only them (the hosts), me (the admin) and the owner of the site. I am the only one who touches pretty much anything on the server.
The second hourly cleanup is at 40 mins past the hour and we often experience a slow down at that time though usually only when much busier - 3:40 or 4:40 on weekday afternoons. However, if load is heavy and cleanup is in progress we can occassionally get dbconnect errors though I've never seen access denied password:NO before. The above error occurred when cleanup was probably still executing.
So, did vBulletin try to connect without a password for some reason? Is this a MySQL issue perhaps?
Really curious as to how this might have happened and if there is anything I should be doing about it. Thanks in advance.
We had a random database error earlier today:
Database error in vBulletin :
mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: '<user removed>@localhost' (Using password: NO)
/home/www/data/vbulletin/includes/class_core.php on line 279
MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Monday, November 13th 2006 @ 12:41:02 AM
Script : http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sho...wpost&t=184583
Referrer : http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sea...7&pp=25&page=5
IP Address : <ip removed>
Username :
Classname : vb_database
mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: '<user removed>@localhost' (Using password: NO)
/home/www/data/vbulletin/includes/class_core.php on line 279
MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Monday, November 13th 2006 @ 12:41:02 AM
Script : http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sho...wpost&t=184583
Referrer : http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/sea...7&pp=25&page=5
IP Address : <ip removed>
Username :
Classname : vb_database
I removed our username and the ip address in the above message, the correct username was being used but we certainly do have a password setup for that user.
The ip address belongs to a very benign user, a lovely person with normal computer skills, certainly not a hacker of any sort.
I have checked the /includes/config.php and the password is still there, the timestamp of that file is still may 2006, the last time it was accessed by me. The forums are working fine and no other errors have been reported recently. Activity during the early hours of the morning is usually fairly quiet for us... perhaps 150 users inc guests/spiders.
Our hosts confirmed that no backdoor accounts have been setup on the (dedicated freebsd) server, only them (the hosts), me (the admin) and the owner of the site. I am the only one who touches pretty much anything on the server.
The second hourly cleanup is at 40 mins past the hour and we often experience a slow down at that time though usually only when much busier - 3:40 or 4:40 on weekday afternoons. However, if load is heavy and cleanup is in progress we can occassionally get dbconnect errors though I've never seen access denied password:NO before. The above error occurred when cleanup was probably still executing.
So, did vBulletin try to connect without a password for some reason? Is this a MySQL issue perhaps?
Really curious as to how this might have happened and if there is anything I should be doing about it. Thanks in advance.
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