[Moin-user] Spurious empty files in data/pages/

[Karl O. Pinc]

On 05/25/2013 04:12:40 PM, Thomas Waldmann wrote:
> > Spammers are creating users.  This is not a problem;
> <snip>
> > However,
> > spammers are attempting to create pages and each
> > time this happens moin leaves an empty file in
> > data/pages/.
> > 
> > The proliferation of these files is causing problems.
> > 
> > It would be nice if moin only allowed a user to
> > attempt page creation when the user has permission,
> > but that's for the future.  Right now I want to
> > know if there's a way I can prevent moin from creating
> > the empty files and plugging up the filesystem.
> 
> See there:
> 
> http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/6489ec33874d

Thank you very much.

> > P.S.  FYI.  User creation also creates an empty file
> > in data/pages.  This is an unnecessary use of filesystem
> > resource until and if the user actually puts something
> > on their user page.
> 
> If that is still the case after applying the fix I linked above,
> please
> tell so (or file a bug on moinmo.in wiki).

I will file a bug about this if there's still a problem.


Karl <kop at meme.com>
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