Hello minnow swiki admins & sqf box admins.
I just fixed the hacked swiki page mentioned on squeak-dev below, using the special swiki admin password, so that it's reverted to its original state and unlocked for now.
I happened to notice that the top swiki page (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1) was locked with a password other than "squeak" or "viewpoints". I thought we were using one of these for a standard public password that most squeak regulars would know, without needing the admin password. (As far as I know, there has never been a case of someone defacing the swiki who actually knew one of these public passwords... it's always been unlocked pages.) So, I set the top page password to "viewpoints".
I propose that we decide on a default password for any commonly accessed swiki page which has problems with vandalism & needs to be locked. How about "viewpoints"? I know that "squeak" was the other one that was often used, but that one seems a bit too easy to guess. :) Also, "viewpoints" is already the upload password as well. (Sorry if I missed a discussion where a different default password was already agreed upon... let me know if that's the case.)
I'm including the squeakfoundation "box admins" in this discussion, since they handle general squeak community admin duties and tend to follow squeak-dev pretty closely, so they should at least know about this.
Also, I can share the special minnow swiki admin password with the box admins individually, which allows one to override existing locks, if that helps. The box admins are just 4 people, I think. Don't post that particular password on this thread, though, as the box-admins list is semi-public, and we want to keep that password more private.
- Doug
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:56:53 -0400, "Frank Caggiano" frankcag@crystal-objects.com said:
On Sep 5, 2005, at 12:31, Alan Grimes wrote:
The page is locked. Someone with the power needs to fix this.
Frank Caggiano frankcag at crystal-objects dot com http://www.crystal-objects.com
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On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 14:51 -0400, Doug Way wrote:
Hello minnow swiki admins & sqf box admins.
I just fixed the hacked swiki page mentioned on squeak-dev below, using the special swiki admin password, so that it's reverted to its original state and unlocked for now.
I happened to notice that the top swiki page (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1) was locked with a password other than "squeak" or "viewpoints". I thought we were using one of these for a standard public password that most squeak regulars would know, without needing the admin password. (As far as I know, there has never been a case of someone defacing the swiki who actually knew one of these public passwords... it's always been unlocked pages.) So, I set the top page password to "viewpoints".
It's possible that I made a mistake. I needed to modify this page and at the time the only password I could think of was 'viewpoints' and it didn't seem to be working. I asked for and Jochen gave me the 'special' password which I used to unlock the page and edit it. It may be that I mistakenly locked the page with that special password. Or it may simply be that I did not replace the previously set password. I wasn't in fact sure what it should be.
Related to this every time I've fixed a defaced page lately I've been locking it with 'viewponts'.
Ken
On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:09:30 -0500, "Ken Causey" ken@kencausey.com said:
On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 14:51 -0400, Doug Way wrote:
... I happened to notice that the top swiki page (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1) was locked with a password other than "squeak" or "viewpoints". I thought we were using one of these for a standard public password that most squeak regulars would know, without needing the admin password. (As far as I know, there has never been a case of someone defacing the swiki who actually knew one of these public passwords... it's always been unlocked pages.) So, I set the top page password to "viewpoints".
It's possible that I made a mistake. I needed to modify this page and at the time the only password I could think of was 'viewpoints' and it didn't seem to be working. I asked for and Jochen gave me the 'special' password which I used to unlock the page and edit it. It may be that I mistakenly locked the page with that special password. Or it may simply be that I did not replace the previously set password. I wasn't in fact sure what it should be.
No problem, Ken. Given the lack of other responses on this topic, I think we should always go with 'viewpoints' as the default password when a swiki page needs to be locked.
- Doug
Related to this every time I've fixed a defaced page lately I've been locking it with 'viewponts'.
Ken
Hi all! Sorry -- it's the start of the semester, and Swikis are used a lot on GT's campus now, so Je77 and I have been dealing with start of the semester issues.
I'm guessing from the thread that everything has worked out. If there are issues that need to be addressed with the Squeak Swiki, we are happy to deal with them, but since there are few Squeakers at GT now, we can't guarantee rapid response.
Best wishes! Mark
Doug Way wrote:
On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:09:30 -0500, "Ken Causey" ken@kencausey.com said:
On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 14:51 -0400, Doug Way wrote:
... I happened to notice that the top swiki page (http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1) was locked with a password other than "squeak" or "viewpoints". I thought we were using one of these for a standard public password that most squeak regulars would know, without needing the admin password. (As far as I know, there has never been a case of someone defacing the swiki who actually knew one of these public passwords... it's always been unlocked pages.) So, I set the top page password to "viewpoints".
It's possible that I made a mistake. I needed to modify this page and at the time the only password I could think of was 'viewpoints' and it didn't seem to be working. I asked for and Jochen gave me the 'special' password which I used to unlock the page and edit it. It may be that I mistakenly locked the page with that special password. Or it may simply be that I did not replace the previously set password. I wasn't in fact sure what it should be.
No problem, Ken. Given the lack of other responses on this topic, I think we should always go with 'viewpoints' as the default password when a swiki page needs to be locked.
- Doug
Related to this every time I've fixed a defaced page lately I've been locking it with 'viewponts'.
Ken
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