# Forums dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [June 9, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712 "2014-06-09T23:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/21 "2014-08-11T22:48:48Z")
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:56:02 +0000, tgraham afcorp com wrote: [color=blue] > I’m there but all my information is lost. Post count, friends etc.[/color] In the openSUSE Forums? I show 1383 posts and 2 friends. 6506 visits to your profile page. Seems the data’s still there. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/22 "2014-08-11T22:49:39Z")
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:06:02 +0000, GofBorg wrote: [color=blue] > Looks like it’s all sort of been munged at some point with accounts > linked and looped and plugged in sideways during all the turmoil. If > someone can grant me access on the NNTP side that would be nice.[/color] There’s nothing to grant on the NNTP side - the port’s open, you should be able to connect to it. If you can’t, try tcptraceroute to see if port 119 is being blocked between you and the server somewhere along the way. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/23 "2014-08-11T22:50:38Z")
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:46:01 +0000, user wrote: [COLOR=blue] > Somehow these two accounts I have are linked but neither actually works > via NNTP and both have lost all their account information.[/COLOR] There aren’t “accounts” on the NNTP side - the linkage is done manually with your reader using the no-mx address. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/24 "2014-08-12T13:13:07Z")
On 11/08/2014 20:50, Jim Henderson wrote: [COLOR=blue] > There aren’t “accounts” on the NNTP side - the linkage is done manually > with your reader using the no-mx address.[/COLOR] ## So are GofBorg and \*\*\* the same person? From Novell/SUSE/etc. accounts POV they’re not. Simon Novell Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/25 "2014-08-12T17:43:14Z")
> I show 1383 posts and 2 friends.[color=blue] > > 6506 visits to your profile page. > > Seems the data’s still there.[/color] Join date June 10 2008, Last post Jul 17 2013, Last activity (visit) Aug 8, 2014 It’s all there on the web side for openSUSE forums. You’re obviously seeing something different so in order to troubleshoot, I need account information. How do you login, etc. email to [kgroneman@novell.com](mailto:kgroneman@novell.com) As for NNTP, like Jim says, there is nothing to “grant”. It’s open…all you have to do is connect to it. Some people make the mistake of asking their NNTP client to logon to the server. If you do that, you’ll get nothing because the server doesn’t hold an account for you. Just connect without logging in. [nntp.novell.com](http://nntp.novell.com) port 119. Server does not require login. – Kim - 8/12/2014 8:38:36 AM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/26 "2014-08-12T18:36:01Z")
In knode I have the userid and password and authentication checked. I am using GofBorg as the useraccount. This has been the same configuration for at least 5+ years back when the no-mx stuff became required. Unchecking ‘server requires authentication’ I get a server timeout error. Presently the traceroute does not complete. Here’s a snippit. Looks like it’s just bouncing around comcast and then going nowhere. 1 [23-31-150-198-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net](http://23-31-150-198-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) (23.31.150.198) 18.169 ms 18.421 ms 18.629 ms 2 67.191.250.1 (67.191.250.1) 18.727 ms 23.534 ms 24.222 ms 3 (68.85.91.249) 23.258 ms 23.750 ms 23.966 ms 4 (68.85.232.81) 29.963 m (68.85.108.229) 31.048 ms (68.85.232.81) 30.756 ms 5 (68.86.95.197) 31.795 (68.86.87.201) 14.658 ms he(68.86.94.41) 18.420 ms 6 68.86.85.165 (68.86.85.165) 37.780 ms 38.004 ms 36.938 ms 7 [be-10406-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net](http://be-10406-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.84.210) 38.258 ms 42.601 ms 41.461 ms 8 [pos-1-2-0-0-pe01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net](http://pos-1-2-0-0-pe01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.86.78) 44.487 ms 44.706 ms 43.528 ms 9 [as7385-1-c.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net](http://as7385-1-c.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net) (173.167.56.194) 45.705 ms 45.930 ms 46.145 ms 10 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 239.350 ms 240.098 ms 173.096 ms 11 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 141.610 ms 142.499 ms 141.821 ms 12 67.138.209.58 (67.138.209.58) 102.222 ms 103.351 ms 103.103 ms 13 192.94.118.247 (192.94.118.247) 84.039 ms 85.085 ms 84.849 ms 14 \* \* \* 15 \* \* \* 16 \* \* \* 17 \* \* \* 18 \* \* \* 19 \* \* \* 20 \* \* \* 21 \* \* \* 22 \* \* \* 23 \* \* \* 24 \* \* \* 25 \* \* \* 26 \* \* \* 27 \* \* \* 28 \* \* \* 29 \* \* \* 30 \* \* \* ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/27 "2014-08-12T18:36:01Z")
Oh, and mystically. Today my opensuse account is back to normal…Weird. ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/28 "2014-08-12T18:46:01Z")
I have been using the GofBorg userid in both Novell and OpenSUSE forums for close to a decade, if not longer. I only use the other account for other novell stuff. I’m actually disappointed those posts came across with that ID. If someone could remove them that would be nice. ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588) ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/29 "2014-08-12T19:25:19Z")
I’ve deleted the two messages and modified the according quote. Regards, Jens ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/30 "2014-08-12T21:28:22Z")
On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:36:01 +0000, GofBorg wrote: [color=blue] > In knode I have the userid and password and authentication checked. I am > using GofBorg as the useraccount.[/color] It’s never been used and should be disabled, which I see you’ve done. [color=blue] > This has been the same configuration for at least 5+ years back when the > no-mx stuff became required. Unchecking ‘server requires authentication’ > I get a server timeout error. > Presently the traceroute does not complete. Here’s a snippit. Looks like > it’s just bouncing around comcast and then going nowhere.[/color] Try a tcptraceroute on port 119 specifically. A regular traceroute for me does this: 1 172.16.0.1 (172.16.0.1) 0.131 ms 0.187 ms 0.191 ms 2 73.96.160.1 (73.96.160.1) 9.395 ms 9.457 ms 9.457 ms 3 [te-0-1-0-20-sur03.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://te-0-1-0-20-sur03.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (68.86.113.125) 9.522 ms 13.839 ms 13.906 ms 4 [ae-40-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://ae-40-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (69.139.164.6) 15.100 ms 14.788 ms 15.014 ms 5 [he-1-3-0-0-10-cr01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://he-1-3-0-0-10-cr01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.93.165) 16.947 ms 17.174 ms 20.775 ms 6 [be-12-pe03.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://be-12-pe03.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.84.106) 19.318 ms 11.487 ms 12.763 ms 7 [as7385-1-c.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://as7385-1-c.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (173.167.56.190) 15.540 ms 15.520 ms 15.442 ms 8 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 54.790 ms 54.857 ms 56.024 ms 9 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 53.811 ms 55.944 ms 57.749 ms 10 67.138.209.58 (67.138.209.58) 64.683 ms 64.744 ms 66.525 ms 11 192.94.118.247 (192.94.118.247) 86.837 ms 86.902 ms 91.051 ms 12 192.94.118.230 (192.94.118.230) 79.222 ms 76.355 ms 81.190 ms 13 [www.novell.com](https://www.novell.com) (130.57.66.5) 81.244 ms 80.468 ms 80.893 ms (I’m on comcast as well, obviously). Make sure for the NNTP interface you use “nntp.whatever” instead of “forums.whatever”. NNTP won’t respond on forums.novell/netiq/suse/ [The makers' choice for sysadmins, developers and desktop users.](http://opensuse.com/org) - it only responds on nntp.novell/netiq/suse/ [The makers' choice for sysadmins, developers and desktop users.](http://opensuse.com/org). Your snippet doesn’t include the command you ran, so it’s difficult to tell what you pinged there. But tcptraceroute will try to connect on the port itself, and if it’s blocked somewhere along the line, it’ll tell you where. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/31 "2014-08-12T22:22:07Z")
Hey GofBorg: [color=blue] > Oh, and mystically. Today my opensuse account is back to > normal…Weird.[/color] Didn’t touch it. Honestly. – Kim - 8/12/2014 1:21:59 PM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/32 "2014-08-12T22:56:01Z")
traceroute [nntp.novell.com](http://nntp.novell.com) 119 ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/33 "2014-08-12T22:56:01Z")
Oh I believe you, but doesn’t change the events as they occurred. 🙂 ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/34 "2014-08-12T23:06:01Z")
Thank you Jens ## – GofBorg GofBorg’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=154446) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=477588) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712/35 "2014-08-13T00:20:54Z")
On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:56:01 +0000, GofBorg wrote: [color=blue] > traceroute [nntp.novell.com](http://nntp.novell.com) 119[/color] Traceroute doesn’t know what to do with the port number. tcptraceroute != traceroute Compare: — snip — [jhenderson@artifactovol torrents]$ sudo tcptraceroute [nntp.novell.com](http://nntp.novell.com) 119 Selected device p2p1, address 172.16.0.53, port 39240 for outgoing packets Tracing the path to [nntp.novell.com](http://nntp.novell.com) (130.57.2.15) on TCP port 119 (nntp), 30 hops max 1 172.16.0.1 0.149 ms 0.100 ms 0.090 ms 2 73.96.160.1 8.118 ms 9.138 ms 7.861 ms 3 [te-0-0-0-20-sur02.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://te-0-0-0-20-sur02.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (68.86.113.113) 8.824 ms 7.768 ms 3.676 ms 4 [be-1-sur03.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://be-1-sur03.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (68.86.96.142) 8.337 ms 9.548 ms 8.452 ms 5 [ae-40-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://ae-40-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (69.139.164.6) 9.273 ms 10.063 ms 10.237 ms 6 [he-1-3-0-0-10-cr01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://he-1-3-0-0-10-cr01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.93.165) 11.298 ms 11.378 ms 11.973 ms 7 [be-13-pe03.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://be-13-pe03.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.84.110) 10.691 ms 10.618 ms 10.189 ms 8 [as7385-1-c.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://as7385-1-c.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (173.167.56.190) 9.626 ms 8.147 ms 10.513 ms 9 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 188.497 ms 219.918 ms 225.485 ms 10 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 219.399 ms 219.915 ms 455.845 ms 11 67.138.209.58 59.001 ms 58.239 ms 60.945 ms 12 192.94.118.247 80.240 ms 79.828 ms 79.910 ms 13 192.94.118.230 80.220 ms 80.932 ms 80.690 ms 14 [nntp.netiq.com](http://nntp.netiq.com) (130.57.2.15) [open] 79.660 ms 79.791 ms 80.050 ms — snip — and — snip — [jhenderson@artifactovol torrents]$ traceroute [nntp.novell.com](http://nntp.novell.com) 119 traceroute to [nntp.novell.com](http://nntp.novell.com) (130.57.2.15), 30 hops max, 119 byte packets 1 172.16.0.1 (172.16.0.1) 0.123 ms 0.183 ms 0.195 ms 2 73.96.160.1 (73.96.160.1) 11.091 ms 11.271 ms 11.598 ms 3 [te-0-0-0-20-sur02.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://te-0-0-0-20-sur02.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (68.86.113.113) 13.648 ms 13.867 ms 14.085 ms 4 [ae-40-0-ar03.burien.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://ae-40-0-ar03.burien.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (69.139.164.2) 15.741 ms 15.966 ms [be-1-sur03.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://be-1-sur03.bellevue.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (68.86.96.142) 15.453 ms 5 [ae-40-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://ae-40-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (69.139.164.6) 16.848 ms [ae-2-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://ae-2-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (68.86.177.146) 17.411 ms [ae-1-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net](http://ae-1-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net) (68.85.240.94) 21.238 ms 6 [he-1-3-0-0-10-cr01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://he-1-3-0-0-10-cr01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.93.165) 24.762 ms 13.928 ms 13.193 ms 7 [be-13-pe03.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://be-13-pe03.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (68.86.84.110) 13.402 ms 12.956 ms 16.311 ms 8 [as7385-1-c.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net](http://as7385-1-c.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net) (173.167.56.190) 18.654 ms 18.425 ms 16.536 ms 9 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 222.977 ms 220.877 ms 221.080 ms 10 [tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net](http://tg9-1.ar10.lsvlnv23.integra.net) (209.63.100.146) 223.154 ms 223.340 ms 223.528 ms 11 67.138.209.58 (67.138.209.58) 68.358 ms 70.493 ms 68.549 ms 12 192.94.118.247 (192.94.118.247) 76.676 ms 80.246 ms 82.040 ms 13 \* \* \* 14 \* \* \* — snip — Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner [Previous page](https://forums.suse.com/t/forums-dead/25712.md?page=1)