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Title: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: PL1 on December 10, 2013, 07:08:15 pm
Looks like we have our first two spammers.

If it goes anything like Spoot's wiki, many more spambots are going to follow VERY soon.

How's disabling account autocreate going, Saint.

Spoot may have some tips on how he did it.


Scott
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: Slippyblade on December 10, 2013, 07:39:20 pm
Nuke em from orbit.  Only way to be sure.
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: saint on December 10, 2013, 08:00:22 pm
Nuked, new user creation disabled. Can you see if you can create a new user with your access PL1?
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: PL1 on December 11, 2013, 01:02:24 pm
Can you see if you can create a new user with your access PL1?
Pardon my ignorance, but how do I do that?   :dunno


Scott
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: PL1 on December 11, 2013, 02:14:36 pm
I blocked the 4 apparent spam accounts since one of them tried to restore their userpage.

LMK if I messed something up.   :dunno   :lol


Scott
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: Felsir on December 11, 2013, 03:17:29 pm
Can you see if you can create a new user with your access PL1?
Pardon my ignorance, but how do I do that?   :dunno
Once you're logged in: On the login page you can "register" a new user. Simply enter the forum username and make up a password. I didn't use the send password by email option- simply because the email is not visible to me. Don't tick the login as this user box and you're done. I then PM the forumuser their wiki password with the request to fill out their profile in the wiki.

You can also get to the user creation page via the Special pages (http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Special:SpecialPages).
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: PL1 on December 11, 2013, 04:31:38 pm
How did I miss that??

As Grandpa was fond of saying, "If it was a snake, it woulda' bit me."   :laugh2:

Good to go on account creation.


Scott
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: ed12 on July 13, 2014, 11:01:32 pm
welp here we go again
2-x tonight
1 i replyed to..not THAT I WANTED TO BUT THE FLOOD WAS SO BAD...
come gy's stick on the ice eh...
offender >Mathewon <


ed
Title: Re: Time to disable account autocreate
Post by: PL1 on July 14, 2014, 04:03:40 am
Wrong thread, Ed.   :lol

The Wiki hasn't been spammed for about 7 months now.   ;D


Scott