[mythtv-users] Connection to master server timed out

[Mark Greenwood]

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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