On 8/29/24 4:25 AM, Shulhan wrote:
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29 Aug 2024 15:54:17 David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxx>:
All,
I changed my password for my username on my Arch server (as you should do
every so often). Now everything has gone to hell.
I changed the password accordingly in Thunderbird, but it cannot get mail.
<snip Goose-chase>
Thanks Ralf, Shuhlan,
It was my fault. I screwed-the-pooch. I changed the password but didn't
disable the mail server and mail transport, so after changing the password,
there were many attempts to login with the old password from my phone,
desktop, laptop, etc....
And... it only took 3 bad logins for fail2ban to block my LAN IP address
(it did just what I told it to)
But the ensuing surprise, and panic as seeing ssh refuse to connect was
enough to trigger a strong WTF??? bit of confusion. After finding my IP
jailed, it was then clear what the sequence of events had been.
And on the plus side, the changes I made to fail2ban actually included the
log line in the e-mail it sent me this time.
<sigh> just one of those "You can't make this sh.t up" scenarios, that
leaves you chuckling at yourself once the fog clears :)
Thank you both for your responses.
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
