[mythtv-users] Connection to master server timed out
Mark Greenwood
fatgerman at ntlworld.com
Sun Jul 6 14:00:08 UTC 2008
On Sunday 06 July 2008 14:51:14 David Campbell wrote:
> Hi - I have a myth FE / BE combo running on Ubuntu that is now showing
> the following errors in the mythbackend.log every second
>
> 2008-07-06 14:37:04.292 Connecting to master server: YOU SUCK SECURE
> YOUR DAMNS ERVER OR I COME BACK!!!:0
> 2008-07-06 14:37:04.293 Connection to master server timed out.
>
> Obviously this is a bit worrying.
>
> I also get the error when trying to save settings via 'setup'
>
> I have confirmed that /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt and
> /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt have the right values by testing them from
> the mysql client.
>
> Myth can obviously talk to mysql because I can update the metadata for
> my DVDs using the IMDB script
>
> mysql> select * from videometadata where title like '%sith%' \G
> *************************** 1. row ***************************
> intid: 2319
> title: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
> director: George Lucas
> plot: None
> rating: Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some intense images.
> inetref: 0121766
> year: 2005
> userrating: 7.9
> length: 140
> showlevel: 1
> filename: /drivestation/DVD/DVD/Revenge_of_the_Sith.iso
> coverfile: /home/mythtv/.mythtv/MythVideo/0121766.jpg
> childid: -1
> browse: 1
> playcommand:
> category: 0
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
> Any thoughts?
Ooo. Looks to me like you've been hacked. Is your server accessible to the outside world? Might be worth setting up a decent firewall and some password protection at the very least.
Mark
>
>
> Dave
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