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Why can't I login properly or respond to posts when I do?

It's always been like this even with the old site.I keep getting PAGE NOT FOUND yet I return and I'm logged in??

Then I try to respond to a post and the same BLOODY thing happens.

This is the whole reason I never go there and it's frustrating!!!!!!

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Uhh Mescalito, there has been several discussions of this.

Remember the site got hacked with that "Happy birthday to ulga" crap?

Well, when that happened, it started going to that blank page, when you logged in.

Apo managed to work out that the reason it sends you to the blank page, is that it is actually dumping your login information somewhere.

So, that means that someone out there, is receiving your login name, and password. Every time you login.

So, if you use the same password on EBA, as for anywhere else. You might want to change your other passwords.

Don't bother changing the EBA password, cause that new one will get dumped to them aswell.

I just don't use EBA at the moment, cause it's so insecure (unsecure? insecure makes it sound like it has psychological issues :) ). Apo has set up a temporary replacement. Seriously, just search for "EBA" or something.

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Yeah i got a message but i cant read it :wacko: how is it some ppl can reply to topics and some cant?

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maybe you are not logged in, so please check your status.

shut down the black pop up and click the you have xx messages.

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Ah thanks ph, i feel like an idiot now :rolleyes: guess i was just used to being constantly logged in...

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I'd assume that nefarious activities are still taking place at EA, as I just saw a post there by willbe promoting soft porn.

Unless of course, he is.

Willbe ?

ed

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I'd assume that nefarious activities are still taking place at EA, as I just saw a post there by willbe promoting soft porn.

Unless of course, he is.

Willbe ?

ed

Well, at least we now know what he was looking at BEFORE he was checking out LEAP. Damn clipboard shortcuts :rolleyes:

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Well, at least we now know what he was looking at BEFORE he was checking out LEAP. Damn clipboard shortcuts :rolleyes:

This had not occurred to me.

I'd edit my post but you've echoed it T.

Feel free to remove both if you see fit.

Honestly thought I was on the track of the baddies.

ed

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well, it doesn't change the fact that EA is still not secure, so the extra warning is still a good thing. I mean, it's no problem logging on there as long as you know the log in details aren't secure. What are they gonna do with details that don't fit anywhere else? Nada.

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I'd assume that nefarious activities are still taking place at EA, as I just saw a post there by willbe promoting soft porn.

Unless of course, he is.

Willbe ?

ed

LOL ed.. Twas as tortsen suggested an accident with my clipboard!

But hey, at least i got people curious about LEAP!

:blush::P

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...and dont try and change your email address in your EA profile. EA was running fine for me til I did and now my accounts been frozen- lol

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Would someone kindly fix me?

My EA accounts been suspended for the last 3 months now :wacko:

Thanks :)

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Would someone kindly fix me?

My EA accounts been suspended for the last 3 months now :wacko:

Sorry Auxin. As things stand only eccles has admin access and eccles never visits the site anymore.

Lots of people are having problems at the moment. The mods are currently discussing our options for fixing the site and hopefully we will be reborn in the near future :).

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hi, lorax!

have you tried to open just the http://www.ethnobotany-australia.net/community/

page after you loged in?

i allways log in and it says can't be displayed, but than if i go just to the url as posted above i get through.

i just backspace all the number crap behind the word community and no problems.

please keep us informed how you go.

EB needs help!

eccles the site admin hasn't showed up for a long time.

many people offered to help, thank you everyone, but it's all not so easy...

i propose to create fundraisers, so we have money to facilitate all the necessary steps.

eb mod's what do you think?

i ask this here because if lorax can't go to eb this alternative here seems apropiate...

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i propose to create fundraisers, so we have money to facilitate all the necessary steps.

eb mod's what do you think?

We just had a whole lot of fundraisers 6 months or so ago... that must have raised a couple $100? Surely that money hasn't all disappeared?

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Maybe not but eccles has all that money anyway.

What exactly is the money nescessary for? I'm happy to host the site, and domains are cheap cheap cheap.

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When logging into EBA, if you want your full access back with read posts and unread PM's showing etc. then this is they way I do it.

Log in as usual, then when it brings you back to the main page click in the "forums" link up the top, the next time it refreashes it will be fixed.

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yeah thats how i use to log in, now i cant even bring up the log in page. ok i got it to work. if i click on log in to read private messages or what ever the page cannot be displayed, if i click log in it works. thanks

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Uhh Mescalito, there has been several discussions of this.

Remember the site got hacked with that "Happy birthday to ulga" crap?

Well, when that happened, it started going to that blank page, when you logged in.

Apo managed to work out that the reason it sends you to the blank page, is that it is actually dumping your login information somewhere.

Well, "curiosity killed the cat", but I'm curious? If the bulletin board scripting was compromised (hacked), did the administrators replace the hacked script with the entire bulletin board backup before the hack?

Automatic bulletin board backing up should be done minimum once a week. Was all server patches installed?

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Well, "curiosity killed the cat", but I'm curious? If the bulletin board scripting was compromised (hacked), did the administrators replace the hacked script with the entire bulletin board backup before the hack?

Automatic bulletin board backing up should be done minimum once a week. Was all server patches installed?

The situation is that only one person has administrator powers - he has moved on to other things in his life but for some reason hasn't handed over admin ability to anyone else. So we are dependant on his ocassional visits for things to get fixed. These are occurring less and less often and the problems are mounting up so we have realised it is time to start again from the last good backup.

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It's not invision, its phpBB, the problem is neither the Apache, PHP or phpBB code was patched before hack, and then after the hack a newer phpBB version was installed on the same database (column names differ I imagine) without updating PHP or Apache.

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Has this Invision Power Board V2.1.1 been patched?

IPB 2.x.x Critical Security Update, Jan 5 2006. http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=204627

IPB 2.x.x (30/1/06) Security Update, Jan 30 2006. http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=206790

Done. I had uploaded the files that caused the security problem, but had not upgraded the rest of the files. This is all completed now.

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