the wiki site is closed on the firewall and used only on local LAN, user logon is given by x509 authentication and I have actually only a WikiSysop password user. the mediawiki version is 1.15.3
I have enabled and installed the following extensions: -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 1815 Dec 6 17:25 accesscontrolSettings.php -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache apache 7175 Dec 29 14:24 HttpAuthPlugin.php -rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 9541 Dec 29 14:25 SSLAuthPlugin.php thank you very much Rick On 12/29/10 8:32 PM, Sulka Haro wrote: > The three questions that come to mind are: > > 1) Which version of MediaWiki are you running? > 2) Have you installed any extensions? > 3) Is there a chance that someone's modified your copy of MediaWiki? I'd > assume a poorly programmed trojan (password stealing utility) might cause > the type of symptoms you're describing. > > sulka > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Riccardo Veraldi< > riccardo.vera...@cnaf.infn.it> wrote: > >> Hello, >> i looked into the DB. >> >> every time I logon as WikiSysop the password si disabled. >> I reset the password with changePassword.php an it is changed in the DB >> nd I can logon. >> >> after I login the password is set to nologin >> >> mysql> select user_password,user_newpassword from user where user_name >> like "%WikiSysop%"; >> +---------------+------------------+ >> | user_password | user_newpassword | >> +---------------+------------------+ >> | nologin | | >> +---------------+------------------+ >> 1 row in set (0.01 sec) >> >> >> is there a way to disable this behaviour ? >> >> thanks >> >> Rick >> >> >> On 12/7/10 4:32 PM, Platonides wrote: >>> Riccardo Veraldi wrote: >>>> hello, >>>> when I try to cahnge a user password with changePassword.php >>>> maintenance program, >>>> password is correctly changed and user can logon. >>>> >>>> but if I restart mysql daemon, user cannot logon anymore, because >>>> passsword does not work. >>>> >>>> Looks like password is stored only untli mysql is restarted >>>> >>>> the sames also happens changing password manually inside the user table >>>> in the wiki database >>>> any clue ? >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> Rick >>> Is other data stored in mysql kept on restart? >>> This looks like mysql unable to save things to disk and keeping it in >>> memory until it stops. >>> Maybe its file is being replaced and the changes are written to a >>> deleted inode? >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
