Thank you both for volunteering. I do need help at the current moment. Are you on the IRC #dev.openoffice.org? We may discuss the details.
The current MediaWiki seems to be of version 1.15.5. An update is
required, but due to many reason it is not done yet.
On 2012/11/23 22:13, jan iversen said:
> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>
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