bots and sessions

[thedark1]

hi,

im having problems with too many hits from bots filling up my sessions table.....everyday i get about 20000 rows being made in my sessions table (most from google bot) and i have to clear them manually before the db crashes....

ive already tried this mod which is supposed to limit guests from same ip to one session, but it doesnt work...
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=185839

i checked my sessions table, and the ip for google bot had about 10000 entries!!!

how exactly can i stop sessions from being added to the db when a bot or guest is viewing my forums?

thanks

[dcz]

And welcome

The cyber alien guest session mod should make sure a single ip does use a single session for guest, thus bots.

So I think a bout two possible causes for this matter.

Could be another mod causing trouble, dealing with bots, like the bot's mod.

Or it could be a cookie setting problem, especially if you are using phpBB sessions across sub-domains like on this site.

The correct cookie settings in all cases :

cookie domain : .example.com (noticed the dot ".")
Cookie path : /

Another thing that could help out, is to connect to your Google (create one if needed) account, and register a sitemap for you domain. You'll be able to lower down a bit the crawling rate for the Google bot, can be better than a total disallow and could help out staying online in good condition until you find a real solution for this matter.