am 26.02.2012 00:23 schrieb Platonides:
> On 25/02/12 14:54, Peter Velan wrote:
>> The problem was this extension ...
>> 
>>> Renameuser
>>>   Adds a special page to rename a user
>>>   (need renameuser right)
>>>   Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason and Aaron Schulz
> 
> I really doubt it was renameuser extension.

... and you're right!

> Did you have some extension (or bot) to automatically
> block edits from outside your company?

No. But I'm not sure about extensions installed in November 2007!

> Or maybe it was just a normal block, set on 13th November 2007,
> which now suddenly became active. Look for that block at Special:Log/block
> There were some changes to blocks in 1.18, maybe something that meant
> something different before (and for some reason hadn't been purged), now
> was interpreted as an infinite. Looking at the table row would be
> interesting.

My solution was a little bit rude: I truncated the table "ipblocks".

Just out of curiosity, I restored the content of "ipblocks" from
backup and yes, you have correctly described my problem:

There were 2 entries in "ipblocks" associated with my name (both
stamped with "2007-11-13"). After upgrade to 1.18 (and "some changes
to blocks") an attempt to enter the wiki with my username (which was
blocked since 2007-11-13), created an additional block entry, now
blocking any user with this specific IP address!

I hope my rude solution (truncation of "ipblocks") will no lead to
unpleasant side effects.

Thanks to all,
Peter

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