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

[David T. Lewis]

Thanks Levente,

I'll try the new VNC over ssh method tomorrow.

Thanks for fixing those wide string user names.

Dave

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:46:48PM +0200, Levente Uzonyi wrote:
> 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
> >>
> >
> >
> >