I am trying, sadly enough I missed orw....I still think my problem is accessing the wiki
orw, is just a user like the rest of us and not infra, but his idea was good Oliver: thanks for trying to help. jan On 23 November 2012 14:26, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <orwittm...@googlemail.com > wrote: > Hi, > > > On 23.11.2012 14:08, jan iversen wrote: > >> THANKS....would it not have been nice, if it was noted in the ticket... >> >> I am already looking at opie...so now I only need the mysql root password. >> >> > infra people told me on irc that it is needed that you setup opie and that > you should talk directly to them (http://webchat.freenode.net) > > Best regards, Oliver. > > > Jan >> >> On 23 November 2012 14:05, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann < >> orwittm...@googlemail.com >> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> Hi, >>> >>> >>> On 23.11.2012 14:01, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On 23.11.2012 13:47, jan iversen wrote: >>>> >>>> A big thank to those fighting in the trenches !!! >>>>> >>>>> I am still waiting for infra, but now I am available, so the minute I >>>>> get >>>>> the mail I will be on to it, and change to "invite only". >>>>> >>>>> The point list of tj will be my work order. But I hope that someone >>>>> could >>>>> give infra a polite hint, that we really need this closed, infra must >>>>> install my ssh public key, and give the mysql root password. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You can reach ASF infra on irc://freenode/asfinfra >>>> >>>> I am on this chat - may be I can pass your requests to them. >>>> command "infrabot: beer" helps a lot in this chat with ASF infra ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> infra people just told me on irc the following: >>> "orw: if you see jani tell him he has access and can he please set up >>> opie >>> as per." >>> "orw: Go and have a look at http://s.apache.org/opie to learn how to >>> setup OPIE" >>> >>> Best regards, Oliver. >>> >>> >>> Best regards, Oliver. >>> >>>> >>>> I will open a new thread later, with "wiki maintenance", so you all >>>> can >>>> >>>>> follow what is planned to happen (and when it happens). >>>>> >>>>> Clayton pointed me to the "maintenance page" which contains loads of >>>>> valuable information. >>>>> >>>>> jan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 23 November 2012 11:47, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:22:29 -0500 >>>>> >>>>>> TJ Frazier <tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/23/2012 04:20, jan iversen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am happy for the help, Clayton has already giving me lot of >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> information, >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> instead of me having to dig it out. It is also securing to have a >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> helping >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> hand in the background who know our wiki very well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is there a gentle way, to make Infra do the last bit, so I can get >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> access, >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> as far as I can see it is 2 simple things: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> - Copy my ssh public key to the wiki server >>>>>>>> - Provide the mysql root password >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am a bit afraid of this long US weekend, and hope we do not have >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> wait >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> until next week. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jan. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Report from the trenches: the spam is getting no worse, but no better >>>>>>> either. The wonderful crew of volunteers (I play only a small part) >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> getting it all. Max spam page lifetime is about an hour; typical is >>>>>>> only >>>>>>> a few minutes. We may be humans fighting bots, but we're winning — or >>>>>>> at >>>>>>> least not losing. ("John Henry said to the captain ...") I also fear >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> long weekend. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The urgent items I see, first = most important: >>>>>>> 1) "invitation only" fix to LocalSettings.php. This turns off the >>>>>>> faucet. >>>>>>> 2) SQL delete of all unused accounts (no contributions in any space). >>>>>>> This eliminates the spammers' backlog of new accounts, so we sysops >>>>>>> don't have to block them one at a time. This will hit a lot of old >>>>>>> accounts, too. Good; that's overdue. It is possible that a few >>>>>>> legitimate accounts could be hit, but contributors normally go right >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> and fix something, and/or create their user pages, so those accounts >>>>>>> should be exempt. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Other items can be dealt with at leisure: >>>>>>> 3) Deleting all blocked accounts, the blocks themselves, and any >>>>>>> associated deleted pages. This is a trash clean-up. It removes any >>>>>>> backscatter left over from the anti-spam effort, and recovers a minor >>>>>>> amount of space. >>>>>>> 4) Upgrades, extensions, better spam prevention, &c. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /tj/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 23 November 2012 09:00, C <smau...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Andrea Pescetti < >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> pesce...@apache.org >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks Clayton, you probably know the inner details of our >>>>>>>>>> Mediawiki >>>>>>>>>> configuration better than most people here, so it is great that >>>>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> going to coordinate with Jan to neutralize this attack. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jan will be leading the defense. I'll be hanging around more in >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> background trying to explain why things are wonky with historical >>>>>>>>> configuration :-) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Spam problem can definitely be delt with... just takes a bit of >>>>>>>>> time to sort things out, do a few upgrades and a few configuration >>>>>>>>> tweaks. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Meanwhile anyone with current Wiki Admin rights is welcome to scan >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> "Recent changes" on the Wiki once in a while and: >>>>>>>>> - Delete Spam pages (created 1 page every 2 minutes on average) >>>>>>>>> - Block the spam accounts (I would suggest that you do not >>>>>>>>> block >>>>>>>>> IP >>>>>>>>> address, a check box on the block page, because you risk blocking >>>>>>>>> legit users on dynamic IPs) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Clayton >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>
