[mythtv-users] First myth deleted most of my recordings, then it deleted all and all schedules.

David Kramer david at thekramers.net
Tue Aug 3 05:10:33 UTC 2010


David Kramer wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>  On 08/02/2010 01:50 AM, David Kramer wrote:
>>> Questions:
>>>
>>> - Why in the world would AutoExpire delete over a terabyte of
>>> recordings?  And why would it delete ALL recordings?  I verified
>>> AutoExpire was set to leave 1GB
>>>
>>> - Are there any known events that would cause myth to delete anything
>>> from the record table (shows to be recorded) ever, let alone EVERY
>>> RECORD?
>> That wasn't MythTV.
>>
>> Got MythWeb open on the 'net?
> 
> 
> Ugh.  You're right.  The auth got messed up in some upgrade.

Tonight I scanned my logfiles and found two IP addresses in Germany
going after my MythTV.  I restored the htdigest file and sent an abuse
email to the registrant of the IP addresses (both were from the same ISP).

Thanks again.



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