DB connect errors

[Giro]

Hey J just a note i keep getting critical DB error from phpBB its having trouble connecting. I asume this is the server move? Just thought id inform you though.

[jasonlambert]

I noticed this earlier on today, it looks like some lamer sending a **** load of HTTP requests causing the mysql max connections limit to be exceeded.

I have just put a redirect hack in the code for that IP address so all their forum requests now go here: http://www.linuxforums.org/lamer.html

Jason

[kkubasik]

mabey there was just some heavy site traffic, but i got that error again for about 10 minutes at 11:35 am EST.

[jasonlambert]

yeah, looks like same arsehole but a different IP address.

It looks like a flood of HTTP requests actually get sent and are recorded in the http logs, but there is some sort of connectivity problem which leaves the apache child process waiting to write data out but it cannot hence the child processes linger until network socket timeout.

If the worst comes to the worst I'll block the whole subnet.

Jason

[kkubasik]

or, you could try to get his MACand blcok that..... I'm used to dealing with LAN's were that info is easy to come by,