RE: [WebDNA] [BULK] strange triggers.db occurrence???
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texte = Thanks for the info, this is certainly a relief! At first I did indeed th= ink we got hacked, but could find no other signs of intrusion? And believe= me, I looked!=0A= What you and Ken describe is I'm sure what has occurred. We did in fact no= tice some extremely heavy http traffic about the same time as these files w= ere created, but it was our Web analytics server attempting to resolve file= names.=0A= Now I have a clear notion of what I need to do to keep this from happening = again.=0A= I will pan to re-build the triggers.db tomorrow with the process you descri= be just to be safe.=0A= Thanks again everyone!=0A= =0A= Marc=0A= ________________________________________=0A= From: Donovan Brooke [dbrooke@euca.us]=0A= Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:12 PM=0A= To: talk@webdna.us=0A= Cc: Marc Thompson=0A= Subject: Re: [WebDNA] [BULK] strange triggers.db occurrence???=0A= =0A= Marc Thompson wrote:=0A= > Anyone ever seen a Triggers.db file get renamed like so?=0A= > Triggers.db-oRiGiNaL-=0A= > or=0A= > Triggers.db-tmp=0A= >=0A= > I found those two files in my WebCatalogEngine folder today with NO=0A= > Triggers.db file!?=0A= > WebDNA Version 6.2 on ubuntu 10=0A= >=0A= > Marc=0A= =0A= =0A= Hi Marc,=0A= =0A= Don't worry about the server being cracked, that's not it.=0A= =0A= Both of these suffixes are a sign that your Triggers.db was corrupted.=0A= The first is a suffix that happens, I believe, when WebCat has trouble=0A= appending to a webdna database. Off the top of my head, I can't tell you=0A= what exact instances cause the -oRiGiNaL- addition, but I *can* tell you=0A= that it is generated from the WebDNA engine.=0A= =0A= The other one is a safewrite file. WebDNA is trying to save your data by=0A= writing to this temporary file first, upon having a problem.=0A= =0A= Basically, it likely boils down to something being wrong with your=0A= Triggers.db.=0A= =0A= I have seen some cases where the act of upgrading seemed to be linked to=0A= some corruption cases regarding the triggers.db.. but I didn't ever have=0A= the opportunity to test for the issue.=0A= =0A= The solution is to install a clean triggers .db (should be able to grab=0A= one from the 6.2 installer files) and to rebuild your Triggers.db using=0A= the administration pages.=0A= =0A= Remember to restart WebDNA just after you install the Triggers.db.=0A= =0A= Donovan=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= --=0A= Donovan Brooke=0A= Euca Design Center=0A= www.euca.us=0A= =0A= ---------------------------------------------------------=0A= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to=0A= the mailing list
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Thanks for the info, this is certainly a relief! At first I did indeed th= ink we got hacked, but could find no other signs of intrusion? And believe= me, I looked!=0A= What you and Ken describe is I'm sure what has occurred. We did in fact no= tice some extremely heavy http traffic about the same time as these files w= ere created, but it was our Web analytics server attempting to resolve file= names.=0A= Now I have a clear notion of what I need to do to keep this from happening = again.=0A= I will pan to re-build the triggers.db tomorrow with the process you descri= be just to be safe.=0A= Thanks again everyone!=0A= =0A= Marc=0A= ________________________________________=0A= From: Donovan Brooke [dbrooke@euca.us]=0A= Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:12 PM=0A= To: talk@webdna.us=0A= Cc: Marc Thompson=0A= Subject: Re: [WebDNA] [BULK] strange triggers.db occurrence???=0A= =0A= Marc Thompson wrote:=0A= > Anyone ever seen a triggers.db file get renamed like so?=0A= > triggers.db-oRiGiNaL-=0A= > or=0A= > triggers.db-tmp=0A= >=0A= > I found those two files in my WebCatalogEngine folder today with NO=0A= > triggers.db file!?=0A= > WebDNA Version 6.2 on ubuntu 10=0A= >=0A= > Marc=0A= =0A= =0A= Hi Marc,=0A= =0A= Don't worry about the server being cracked, that's not it.=0A= =0A= Both of these suffixes are a sign that your triggers.db was corrupted.=0A= The first is a suffix that happens, I believe, when WebCat has trouble=0A= appending to a webdna database. Off the top of my head, I can't tell you=0A= what exact instances cause the -oRiGiNaL- addition, but I *can* tell you=0A= that it is generated from the WebDNA engine.=0A= =0A= The other one is a safewrite file. WebDNA is trying to save your data by=0A= writing to this temporary file first, upon having a problem.=0A= =0A= Basically, it likely boils down to something being wrong with your=0A= triggers.db.=0A= =0A= I have seen some cases where the act of upgrading seemed to be linked to=0A= some corruption cases regarding the triggers.db.. but I didn't ever have=0A= the opportunity to test for the issue.=0A= =0A= The solution is to install a clean triggers .db (should be able to grab=0A= one from the 6.2 installer files) and to rebuild your triggers.db using=0A= the administration pages.=0A= =0A= Remember to restart WebDNA just after you install the triggers.db.=0A= =0A= Donovan=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= --=0A= Donovan Brooke=0A= Euca Design Center=0A= www.euca.us=0A= =0A= ---------------------------------------------------------=0A= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to=0A= the mailing list .=0A= To unsubscribe, E-mail to: =0A= archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us=0A= Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us=0A=
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