Philip Perkins Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 still not working....(Safari). Are you guys on IE or FF not having this issue now? phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 On my Mac I almost always have to log in and have for months. I thought that was a feature? But, on my iPad I never have to log in. I kinda figured that maybe I was getting kicked of on the Mac because I was logged in on the iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 still not working....(Safari). Are you guys on IE or FF not having this issue now? phil p Who knows, it's consistantly inconsistant on IE8. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryF Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Like some others, I'm having to login every time but using just my name, not password not required. Cookies and everything else is on. Browser is Opera 11.10 under XP at work and Windows 7 at home. The topic reply list is sometimes top to bottom and sometimes bottom to top. Odd. I'll try some other browsers. Larry F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I don't know if this helps the discussion, but my bookmark is set on the "show unread posts since last visit". I am running Firefox 3.6.13 on OS 10.6.6 and have not encountered this issue even once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 It just did it again: when I first come to the forum it recognizes me, but as soon as I click on an entry it changes to "Guest". (Safari). phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 It just did it again: when I first come to the forum it recognizes me, but as soon as I click on an entry it changes to "Guest". (Safari). phil p Me too. It seems to time out from when you first have to sign in. I did it at 8am and just now again at 4:15 pm. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 It really seems to be related to a spambot attack on sites (such as this one) running Simple Machines Forum. There are several threads on the topic at the SMF support sites: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=422122.0 One relevant quote from that thread: "This has been noted many many times on this forum in the last few days. SMF forums are currently under attack from bots trying to swipe passwords by brute forcing the accounts." Another thread: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=422294.0 And a quote: "Update... Since all of this started, I have banned over 400 IP addresses, mostly CN, RU, UA, NL, DE... While I still have the login forever problem, I seem to have stopped the getting kicked out... Plus I have only had to ban 1 so far today... So there is hope... This "invasion" seems to be well organized and planned out... Anyone else thinkiing along these lines? Yup. A lot of people are dealing with that including myself." And a final quote from somewhere on the SMF boards (sorry, I'm running out of time here): "Due to the behaviour before 2.0 RC4+security patch, or 2.0 RC5 (from which the security patch for RC4 was made), users would be logged out when that happened, and this is what's causing the logouts you're seeing." So here on jwsound.net, if the bots got hold of your login name, then you may periodically get logged out. Depends if the bots have recently used your login name. If they haven't yet got hold of your login name, you probably won't get logged out. In either case, if you have a good password, the spambots probably won't be able to break into jwsound.net. It LOOKS like we all need to sit tight until Jeff (or the site hosting his forum) has the time and inclination to update the software running this forum. Could be there are good reasons for Jeff to hold off for a bit. In any case, it also looks like there isn't much the rest of us can do about this. Ya, having to regularly log in is a hassle. But that's a small price to pay for a spam-free forum. Thanks, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 It just did it again: when I first come to the forum it recognizes me, but as soon as I click on an entry it changes to "Guest". (Safari). phil p Same thing on my Safari Macs. even when I had the login window, I could see my "Hey, Johnpaul" in the top corner. weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Marts Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Same problems for me using Firefox 3.6.13 on a PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Just happened to me for the first time in tapatalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPitot Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Yup, happens intermittently on stock Android browser and on XP Firefox, and also Vista FireFox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProSound Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 It has been happening to me on firefox safari and Chrome on my Mac running Leopard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 In the next day or so I am updating the forum software to the latest RC5 version which may contain patches to correct the login difficulties some have been experiencing. I am also changing the whole registration security routine (will not affect existing members) to try and deal with all the bogus sign-ups. Regards, Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Marts Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Good luck with this Jeff, and thanks so much again for providing this great Discussion Group! Bob Marts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPitot Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I don't want to call it too soon, but it seems like this issue has resolved itself, for me at least! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 That's because you gave it to me! Laurence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 That's because you gave it to me! Laurence +1 -- WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I don't want to call it too soon, but it seems like this issue has resolved itself, for me at least! Thanks! Take a peak at the very bottom of this page. Jeff's forum is now running on SMF 2.0 RC5. Thanks for updating everything Jeff! So far so good (knock on wood). Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Did tapatalk stop working for anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Did tapatalk stop working for anyone else? I think the update has broken Tapatalk support. Tapatalk reports that I am trying to enter a closed site. I will be working on this as soon as I can to restore Tapatalk support. - Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I have updated Tapatalk and it should now work again and be compatible with current SMF RC5 update. It is working again from my iPhone but let me know if anyone is still having problems. - Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 The login thing seems to have resolved too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Hi, Jeff Never had the login issues with either of my Macs running SL/Safari 5 or via my Android phone's browser. And the read-only version of Tapatalk accesses the group just fine on my Android phone. Thanks, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 The log in issue has been fixed for me, thanks JW. I had it with all 4 of the Mac laptops I use, 3 diff OS versions, Safari and Firefox, BTW. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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