[Box-Admins] Someone has registered on squeaksource.com with a wide character in their name

Levente Uzonyi leves at caesar.elte.hu
Tue Jun 28 20:46:48 UTC 2016


Thanks Dave,

I've changed two names and it works again.
I've also disabled remote connections to the VNC server. At the same 
time updated the README file with a describing how to connect to the VNC 
over ssh.

Levente

On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, David T. Lewis wrote:

> Thanks Levente,
>
> I will fix it as soon as I am able, but I may not have VNC access until
> tomorrow.
>
> For information in case anyone needs it - There is a readme file in the
> home directory for ssdotcom that should explain how to connect to the
> image. The procedure is to send a SIGUSR2 to the VM process, then connect
> with VNC within the next 60 seconds. The VNC password should be in the
> readme file. Once into the image, there should be a workspace showing how
> I did the fix previously. The fix is to replace the WideString user name
> with a ByteString in the repository. I usually just hunt down the user's
> name with google and try to guess at a plausible looking ByteString
> replacement for the user's real name.
>
> Dave
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As the subject says, squeaksource.com's web interface has become unusable
>> again.
>> I'm not familiar with the code, but I suppose changing the encoding from
>> iso-8859-1 to utf-8 would fix the problem.
>>
>> Levente
>>
>
>
>


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