I set it up with the Dreamhost one-click. There's an updater script that I could run, but I think I've only done so once.
I seem to remember you're on Dreamhost as well. If you're having difficulty upgrading, you may have an easier time adding a fresh install to your host and transferring the contents. On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:42 AM James Paige <[email protected]> wrote: > How did you set it up, and how do you keep it updated? Maybe I just need > to mimic your config :) > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 12:09 PM Adam Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do you want to use the Slime Salad wiki? I'm not sure there's anything on >> it worth keeping at this point. >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 9:50 AM James Paige <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I turned on https:// redirect for the whole site. Seems to be working >>> fine. >>> >>> I tried the local upgrade process, and no luck. The git repo metadata is >>> hopelessly corrupted. >>> >>> I won't get that solved today :P >>> >>> I'll probably have to set up a whole new mediawiki instance, make sure >>> it has all the plugins we need, port over the anti-spam hacks, and then >>> restore a database backup into it. Arg. That ain't happening today :( >>> >>> Anybody know a fully managed mediawiki hosting site? Doesn't have to be >>> a free one. >>> >>> --- >>> James Paige >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:08 AM James Paige <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I would be happy to disable http completely, and always redirect http >>>> to https. >>>> >>>> People who have an OS so old that it can't support https are welcome to >>>> open a web browser on a separate device. >>>> >>>> I don't actually know how to do this just for the login page. I think I >>>> remember an option in the dreamhost config panel to do this for the whole >>>> site, but I would have to hunt for it. >>>> >>>> A *MUCH* bigger security concern is that I can't upgrade Mediawiki >>>> anymore. It has been years since running "git pull" on a large repo in a >>>> shell script on a dreamhost shared account was a viable option. >>>> >>>> I had a clunky workaround where I would rsync the whole thing locally, >>>> upgrade it, rsync it back up to dreamhost, and then run the last stage of >>>> the upgrade. >>>> >>>> I am always terrified that I will break the whole thing every time I do >>>> that, but maybe I will give it a try today since I happen to be on a >>>> vacation day and have time. >>>> >>>> I would really like to move the whole wiki to a place where the >>>> upgrades were automatically managed for me. I haven't had time to look into >>>> that (in years) >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 9:57 AM Adam Perry <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is not a good idea to have an HTTP login page. Your credentials are >>>>> sent in plain text when you log in via HTTP. >>>>> >>>>> I realize that the OHR wiki isn't the most high-profile target for >>>>> hackers, but it's still a bad idea. We don't need to allow wiki editing to >>>>> everyone able to use the engine if it means compromising security. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020, 8:45 PM Ralph Versteegen <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Holly reported, and I can confirm, that you can't log into the wiki, >>>>>> or create an account, when accessing it over HTTP instead of HTTPS. (I >>>>>> think I remember seeing this already quite a while ago.) You get the >>>>>> following message: >>>>>> >>>>>> "There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has >>>>>> been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit >>>>>> the form." >>>>>> >>>>>> It is nice to be able to access the wiki via HTTP, since HTTPS is >>>>>> inaccessible from ancient OSes such as some of those we support. If the >>>>>> login page could redirect from HTTP to HTTPS... >>>>>> >>>>>> Hmm, maybe I should file such things on github instead... >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ohrrpgce mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ohrrpgce mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ohrrpgce mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ohrrpgce mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Ohrrpgce mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org >
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