[HCoop-Help] having problems connecting to mire via SFTP

[Davor Ocelic]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:31:19 -0400
Adam Chlipala <adam at chlipala.net> wrote:

> Kenneth Pronovici wrote:
> > I don't think it's just you.  I just checked, and I am unable to
> > ssh into mire, either.  I can connect, but I get "Access Denied"
> > after I enter my password.
> >
> > KEN
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:40 PM, j.c.hallgren at juno.com 
> > <mailto:j.c.hallgren at juno.com> <j.c.hallgren at juno.com 
> > <mailto:j.c.hallgren at juno.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I connected about an hour ago and downloaded some files from my
> >     site, and after editing, attempted to upload...it failed and
> > now i can't even connect...so my site is a bit hosed now as some
> > files are missing...looking for some aid, please?
> >
> 
> It doesn't look like anyone else followed up on this list.  There's
> been some hcoop-sysadmin discussion about a DoS attack.  I haven't
> been involved in dealing with it, but it looks like the admins are
> aware of the problem and have it under control for now.

Yes, sorry for not mentioning it explicitly.

So the DoS attack managed to fill 18 GB of log files,  overflowing
the partition and breaking user logins.

This has been fixed by Clinton Ebadi so things are back to
working state.

-doc