Fwd: [Ilugc] chennailug.org is not functioning properly.
- From: aanjhan@xxxxxxxxx (Aanjhan R)
- Date: Tue Mar 31 14:48:16 2009
My first reply failed to reach ILUGC List. If it actuall reached
apologies for the repeat post.
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From: Aanjhan R <aanjhan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] chennailug.org is not functioning properly.
To: ILUG-C <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:14 PM, balachandar muruganantham
<mbchandar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
kapil,
1. if i am asking for control panel access rather than ssh, you should think
why i am asking for that. there were issues for which ssh wont be the right
think. a table in ilugc db consumed 3 GB of data for which if i do select
query it wont display properly. my aim is to not learn ssh or mysql. for me
data is important and my aim is to fix the site ASAP. hence i was looking
for control panel access.
Though Kapil has replied to most of the above points, I think it would
be useful to add my "gyan" or experience in administering the Ubuntu
India LoCo server for over 2 years now.
1. ?We use Mediawiki there. And I must say it just works. Disabling
Anonymous edit and adding a math captcha during registration reduced
hella lot of spam attacks. And ofcourse if we integrate some spam
filter also, it will be almost nill. Though I rarely remember seeing a
spam bot attack after I added the match captcha.
2. We dont use cPanel (if thats what you are talking as Control
Panel), and taking backups has been a breeze. Kapil already gave the
mysql command too and it really helped when we moved from one server
to another a year back. Every admin task is being done over ssh and we
feel we have complete control. I also use cPanel for my own personal
site and it isnt a easy thing as you have already mentioned about
getting control etc.
3. I dont think we (ilugc) need fancy stuff like calendar, polls, ?etc
etc. Just plain wiki with info. Since in wiki every registered user
will have access, its upto the community to keep it updated. 9ofcourse
with a few pages protected)
4. For monitoring the changes, I (I dont know the other three admins
what they use) use the RSS feed of the RecentChanges page and
constantly monitor them using Google reader. Works good to keep track
of who is changing what just like reading blog feeds.
I just want to say say "Dont break your head with lot of things and
features, use something that just works and is Free(dom)"
HTH.
Aanjhan
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