System Updates Thread ...7/21/20 . Security and Pictures

[Leon]

Hey Folks
I think I am going to shoot myself .....Can't really say how this is going to go. I am sorry. I am constantly talking to folks. There are corrupted files that just aren't coming back.

[brianp-beme]

Weloome Back Folks! No shooting of ourselves allowed.

Brian

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Weloome Back Folks! No shooting of ourselves allowed.

Brian

I am becoming a skeleton from stress. ..... I was on the phone with the hosting company at 445 this morning...and lots of other times before and after....Even my prescription trazodone (for sleeping) isn't working....
A lot of pictures won't be up right now but we are still hopeful in getting them back...

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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Leon

I am becoming a skeleton from stress. ..... I was on the phone with the hosting company at 445 this morning...and lots of other times before and after....Even my prescription trazodone (for sleeping) isn't working....

Thanks for all the efforts Leon, but stay away from the 'Stress Diet'. It is probably just a passing fad, and could have serious ramifications as well.

Brian

[bmattioli]

As a 36 year Telecom Tech I feel your pain. Sorry can't help you technically but hang in there and fight the good fight.

Net54 Rocks!!

[conor912]

Maybe injecting bleach will help.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by conor912

Maybe injecting bleach will help.

It didn't.

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[Den*nis O*Brien]

Originally Posted by Leon

It didn't.

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.....a very powerful light...you know...like inside.
But very seriously Thank You very much for making this place available to all of us. Certainly we can live with the occasional SNAFU. And I am sure everyone understands the torture and work you go through to keep this ship right side up !! Thank you Leon and moderators !!!

[Leon]

We have an OBC person, Wayne, looking at the DB Files right now. OBC guys rock.
It is not an easy process but he is going to try to pinpoint the corrupted files and manually fix them. There are no guarantees.
And if anyone can tell me if they see anything wacky except some pictures and the whole community picture album missing, I would appreciate it? Again. we have to get the system fixed and stable before we upgrade. And keeping the system up is my main goal....

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[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by conor912

Maybe injecting bleach will help.

Maybe Corn Pop has a database background.

[Leon]

Thanks for the sympathy, guys.

To give a tiny explanation the situation is compounded by old s/w and a brute force attack. And as anyone vaguely familiar with this stuff knows, one thing leads to another and another and so on. Now we have some badly corrupted attacment files. I am hopeful the system stays up at this point and that's about all I can say right now.

And hopefully sooner than later we recover the other files. Just can't tell right now.

[clydepepper]

So far so good. Thanks for your hard work, Leon.


We appreciate you...and love this site!



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[Fred]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hey Folks
I think I am going to shoot myself .....Can't really say how this is going to go. I am sorry. I am constantly talking to folks. There are corrupted files that just aren't coming back.

Leon,

Before you shoot, can you please make sure that I'm in your will. I wouldn't mind having a card in my collection with LL provenance. 20 years from now I'll be able to say that I have a LL card in my collection.


I think most of the board members understand, and if they don't, then the only advice to be given is to take a deep breath, count to 10 and hit the refresh button or start a Leon "go fund me" page to pay for the mental health bill that is coming...