Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
On Friday 19 October 2007 11:12, Jonathan wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Jamie O'Keefe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
>
> > Any suggestions as to how to thwart such attempts besides requiring
> > user accounts for even the most minor edit and then remaining vigilant
> > about who get accounts?
>
> Not a zope-based solution, but how about using 'captcha' images if spambots
> are your problem?
>
> Jonathan
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or for a Zope based solution (and if you have PIL and PIL fonts installed)
use the following as an external method and stick the call to the method
inside your form. Of course instead of putting the random number in a
hidden field you could also write it to the current directory as a document
and then get the value from the document when you process it, by the way
you have to create your code to verify the image number where ever you
process the form. In the example below I compare cost to picnum.
There are also features in PIL to add effects to the image if you want
slant, swirl or anything.
Thomas
***
from PIL import Image,ImageDraw,ImageFont
import random
import os
from StringIO import StringIO
from OFS.Image import manage_addImage
# CREATED AUGUST 8, 2007 - Thomas Bennett
# REQUIREMENTS
# PIL FONTS FROM http://effbot.org/pil/pilfonts.zip
# PIL FROM http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
def random_number_image(self):
#GENERATE A RANDOM NUMBER OF 5 DIGITS
mynumtext = str(random.randrange(1,9,1))
my_image_id = "number.jpg"
#DEFINE FONT PATH AND NAME
fontpath="/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pilfonts"
fontname="ncenB14.pil"
# CREATE A TEXT IMAGE USING MYNUMTEXT
textImg = Image.new('RGB',(75,25),(56,56,50)) # INSTANTIATE A
NEW IMAGE (a dark gray box)
tmpDraw = ImageDraw.Draw(textImg) # DRAW THE IMAGE
INTO TEMP
textFont = ImageFont.load(os.path.join(fontpath,fontname)) # LOAD A FONT FOR
THE IMAGE
tmpDraw.text((15,1), mynumtext, font = textFont)# PLACE TEXT IN
NEW IMAGE
# PUT THE IMAGE INTO MEMORY AND SAVE IMAGE TO MEMORY
imageFile = StringIO()
textImg.save(imageFile,"JPEG")
# IF THERE IS A NUMBER.JPG IN THE CURRETN DIRECTORY, DELETE IT SO UNDO WON'T
BUILD UP
if my_image_id in self.objectIds():
self.manage_delObjects([my_image_id])
manage_addImage(self,"number.jpg",imageFile)
# WRITE THE IMAGE AND FORM CODE TO THE PAGE
text = '\n' %mynumtext
text = text+'\n\nPlease enter the number pictured below.'
text = text+'\n\n' %(my_image_id,mynumtext)
return text
*
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Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University
Operations & Systems AnalystP O Box 32026
University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608
(828) 262 6587
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. As videos could be 25 pictures
per second and might last several minutes, how many words is that?
- Linux Journal, July 2007
Library Systems Help Desk: http://www.library.appstate.edu/help/
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Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
- Original Message - From: "Jamie O'Keefe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it Any suggestions as to how to thwart such attempts besides requiring user accounts for even the most minor edit and then remaining vigilant about who get accounts? Not a zope-based solution, but how about using 'captcha' images if spambots are your problem? Jonathan ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
Thank you Andreas and Martijn, I checked the root undo log and that pointed me to to the problem. It proved to be spammers on one of our under used public boards. Problem solved for now. Any suggestions as to how to thwart such attempts besides requiring user accounts for even the most minor edit and then remaining vigilant about who get accounts? Thanks! Jamie ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
Well first, is it actually Data.fs that you see growing or are you just seeing less disk space from a reporting tool, you just said the "Zope site has filled up". If it is not Data.fs then look at the size of your logs, often, and which one is growing fastest and how big is it. Also, do you have an external service that connects to your Zope site to upload any kind of data? I've had this happen with a video camera that I had ftp-ing a jpeg every 10 seconds to the server, it didn't take long to fill up the undo list so fast that Zope stopped serving because Zope couldn't add to the log file, thank goodness for datafspack.py (I think that was the name of it). Thomas On Friday 19 October 2007 01:32, Jamie O'Keefe wrote: > I am administering a Zope/CMF site running Zope 2.6.4 with python > 2.2.3. We have been running low on space and have not been able to > clean out the database of old edits. > > We are moving other sites over to a new server and were able to free > up about 3GB. Unfortunately, our main Zope site has filled up most of > that space quite rapidly. We haven't edited it much so it is unclear > why it is growing so quickly. > > What might be amiss? > > Thanks! > > Jamie > ___ > Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) -- Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems AnalystP O Box 32026 University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 They say a picture is worth a thousand words. As videos could be 25 pictures per second and might last several minutes, how many words is that? - Linux Journal, July 2007 Library Systems Help Desk: http://www.library.appstate.edu/help/ ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
On 10/19/07, Jamie O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are moving other sites over to a new server and were able to free > up about 3GB. Unfortunately, our main Zope site has filled up most of > that space quite rapidly. We haven't edited it much so it is unclear > why it is growing so quickly. You may have code that writes to the ZODB on access, not just when someone edits content explicitly. Check the undo log in the ZMI and/or enable trace logging to trace such code. -- Martijn Pieters ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
Re: [Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
--On 19. Oktober 2007 01:32:11 -0400 Jamie O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am administering a Zope/CMF site running Zope 2.6.4 with python 2.2.3. We have been running low on space and have not been able to clean out the database of old edits. We are moving other sites over to a new server and were able to free up about 3GB. Unfortunately, our main Zope site has filled up most of that space quite rapidly. We haven't edited it much so it is unclear why it is growing so quickly. The ZODB does not fill up by itself. Check your undo logs for recent transactions. -aj pgpoVDXS72938.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
[Zope] Zope database file grows when no one is modifying it
I am administering a Zope/CMF site running Zope 2.6.4 with python 2.2.3. We have been running low on space and have not been able to clean out the database of old edits. We are moving other sites over to a new server and were able to free up about 3GB. Unfortunately, our main Zope site has filled up most of that space quite rapidly. We haven't edited it much so it is unclear why it is growing so quickly. What might be amiss? Thanks! Jamie ___ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
