Comments on: Zone problems https://www.habitablezone.com/2019/11/02/zone-problems/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert https://www.habitablezone.com/2019/11/02/zone-problems/#comment-43870 Robert Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:31:06 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=79160#comment-43870 I'm not entirely sure myself, but having ruled out massive hacking (somebody using the database for their own nefarious purposes), I suspect it has to do with the network of database slaves, to which the server in question is the master. The logs filling up are transaction logs, which record everything the database does, plus errors encountered in the master-slave relationship. The slaves are supposed to remotely read the logs to maintain sync. It's a complicated kludge, and the new DB will use a simpler method with no logs at all. The fact that I'm going to replace the thing is probably why I'm feeling a lack of ambition to really pin down what's going on. As for the weird accounts from The Era of Damned TikiWiki, nah, they're not the problem. Nor later accounts with a tinge of weirdness. I'll let those sleeping dogs snooze. I’m not entirely sure myself, but having ruled out massive hacking (somebody using the database for their own nefarious purposes), I suspect it has to do with the network of database slaves, to which the server in question is the master. The logs filling up are transaction logs, which record everything the database does, plus errors encountered in the master-slave relationship. The slaves are supposed to remotely read the logs to maintain sync. It’s a complicated kludge, and the new DB will use a simpler method with no logs at all. The fact that I’m going to replace the thing is probably why I’m feeling a lack of ambition to really pin down what’s going on.

As for the weird accounts from The Era of Damned TikiWiki, nah, they’re not the problem. Nor later accounts with a tinge of weirdness. I’ll let those sleeping dogs snooze.

]]> By: podrock https://www.habitablezone.com/2019/11/02/zone-problems/#comment-43867 podrock Wed, 06 Nov 2019 04:32:20 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=79160#comment-43867 I don't understand. Why would the log fill to gigabytes? Should we purge all those weird user accounts from the Damn TikiWiki era? Keep the ones we actually know? I don’t understand. Why would the log fill to gigabytes?

Should we purge all those weird user accounts from the Damn TikiWiki era? Keep the ones we actually know?

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