Problem

Switzer · Post by **Switzer** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:43 pm

Hi

Couple of days Ago i posted a scenario flodden
In the scenario are
Also posted a request for comment on blemmyes
in the army lists
Both have been removed
Have i annoyed you guys
If so why ?????

Custor · Post by **Custor** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:59 pm

Server went down earlier. Looks like a few posts got wiped too. Last month of them by the look of it.

Switzer · Post by **Switzer** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:06 pm

Thats a relief thought id transgressed the unwritten law
whatever that is

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:45 pm

Switzer wrote:Thats a relief thought id transgressed the unwritten law
whatever that is

Yes, that's right, you have broken the unspoken code, and mentioned The Forbidden. An enormous swarm of Hit-Gerbils are already on their way to enforce the sanction, each tiny assassin clad in black trenchcoat and mirror shades...

Nothing so esoteric, I fear.

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Slitherine says about 30 days worth of everything was lost.

stecal · Post by **stecal** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:02 pm

ouch, 30 days. Don't they backup daily to tape?

Niceas · Post by **Niceas** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:11 pm

stecal wrote:ouch, 30 days. Don't they backup daily to tape?

Obviously not.

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:51 pm

I think they do. If you look carefully he says their backups were compromised.

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:22 am

There is a post in the news section regarding the problem, either way not a great thing to happen but we can cope.

daleivan · Post by **daleivan** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:00 pm

hammy wrote:There is a post in the news section regarding the problem, either way not a great thing to happen but we can cope.

Unfortunate to be sure, but at the same time, we're all still here and posting a fresh. I'm just grateful that this forum is up and running

Dale

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:29 pm

Yes it was a bit painful. Anyone who registered in the last month will have their account wiped

We learned some lessons and once we get this fixed it shouldn't be possble that it happens again. As well as the backups to the server we will be backing up to an external ftp in some way so nobdoy can wipe us out again. In some ways it's lucky that we recently moved as it's only the backup from the moving process that we had stored externally. All the passwords have also been reset.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:32 pm

Ian, you have my sympathy for what it is worth. Those of use who work in DP have all been there at one time or another.

ColeF · Post by **ColeF** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:09 am

iainmcneil wrote:Yes it was a bit painful. Anyone who registered in the last month will have their account wiped

Phew!

I squeezed that one.

jcmedhurst · Post by **jcmedhurst** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:10 pm

Hi,

Also got a slightly strange effect since the 'problem', which is the green buttons don't show up any more to indicate new topics and replies. This had only recently started working with Firefox (which is what I use as a browser), which is why I wonder if it might also have something to do with the 'problem'.

John

MarkSieber · Post by **MarkSieber** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:30 pm

The green buttons on Firefox weren't working for me immediately after the reset, but it turned out that my automatic log-in had to be reset.

stenic · Post by **stenic** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:33 pm

jcmedhurst wrote:Hi,

Also got a slightly strange effect since the 'problem', which is the green buttons don't show up any more to indicate new topics and replies. This had only recently started working with Firefox (which is what I use as a browser), which is why I wonder if it might also have something to do with the 'problem'.

John

Check if you are signed in. I noticed that too but then realised I was not signed in. Resetting the server must wipe the cookie that signs you in automatically and the read/not read symbols are only set for users, not guests.

Steve P

jcmedhurst · Post by **jcmedhurst** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:36 pm

stenic wrote:
jcmedhurst wrote:Hi,

Also got a slightly strange effect since the 'problem', which is the green buttons don't show up any more to indicate new topics and replies. This had only recently started working with Firefox (which is what I use as a browser), which is why I wonder if it might also have something to do with the 'problem'.

John
Check if you are signed in. I noticed that too but then realised I was not signed in. Resetting the server must wipe the cookie that signs you in automatically and the read/not read symbols are only set for users, not guests.

Steve P

Green buttons now appearing. Woo-hoo. No intervention required on my part, maybe the cookie is there now.

vingthorr · Post by **vingthorr** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:41 pm

i had been wondering why i had been demoted from a prestigious militiaman back to a lowly peasant. and I thought i had angered someone too, "where did all my topics go? did i say something wrong???"

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:38 pm

vingthorr wrote:i had been wondering why i had been demoted from a prestigious militiaman back to a lowly peasant. and I thought i had angered someone too, "where did all my topics go? did i say something wrong???"

I think that about 150 or so of my posts bit the dust

Probably a good thing really

Andy1972 · Post by **Andy1972** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:12 pm

Im no longer an archer!

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:14 pm

I got the same error message as when this happened the first time a couple of hours ago. Perhaps they have a fallback now?

Problem

Problem

relief

Another Aspect of the Problem

Re: Another Aspect of the Problem

Re: Another Aspect of the Problem