Can someone change my username?
- Thread starter Dawnbreaker
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Flare
Pro Adventurer
- AKA
- Flare
You're only his number 1 and not his equal (who is as great as him) like I am? Dang bro, you need to step it up a bit
Nanaki Skywalker
Kate Lord of the Sith
- AKA
- Tarkatan Trash
I'm having trouble changing avatars as well. I'm actually trying to change to the Avatar I had before this one...and I changed to this one around Thanksgiving, and it went without a hitch. I know the one I want is a .jpg, 150x150, and within 8 KB, and the same with a backup avatar I want, so I know I'm in compliance with avatar size regulations.
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Cthulhu
Administrator
- AKA
- Yop
Should be fixed now. The problem is as follows:
* By default, most system files for the forum and front page software (vB and WP) are owned by the www-data user, e.g. the web server software itself.
* This has the benefit that for example Wordpress can update itself.
* This has the downside that, if there is a security issue, a malicious actor could under certain circumstances alter files. This has happened, possibly multiple times already.
* To mitigate it, I've run a script that changes the file permissions and owners to their bare minimum; system files can be read by the www-data user, but only written to by the root user for example.
* Unfortunately, this script is a bit too eager and also changed the owner / permissions of the forums subfolder, after we last updated WP. Boo.
* I fixed it with a tactical `chown -R www-data:www-data forums`
Apologies for the fucking up of shit. again.
* By default, most system files for the forum and front page software (vB and WP) are owned by the www-data user, e.g. the web server software itself.
* This has the benefit that for example Wordpress can update itself.
* This has the downside that, if there is a security issue, a malicious actor could under certain circumstances alter files. This has happened, possibly multiple times already.
* To mitigate it, I've run a script that changes the file permissions and owners to their bare minimum; system files can be read by the www-data user, but only written to by the root user for example.
* Unfortunately, this script is a bit too eager and also changed the owner / permissions of the forums subfolder, after we last updated WP. Boo.
* I fixed it with a tactical `chown -R www-data:www-data forums`
Apologies for the fucking up of shit. again.
lithiumkatana17
Pro Adventurer
- AKA
- Lith
NO. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CHANGE IT.