[Mediawiki-l] Attack of one user: Rollback of all changes?

Sun Oct 9 19:10:51 UTC 2005

Assuming you backup your database each night just run a restore procedure
from the previous days database dump.

Arthur Guy

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audio / video leads adapters and accessories
-----Original Message-----
From: mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Karl-Otto Kirst
Sent: 09 October 2005 20:06
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Subject: AW: [Mediawiki-l] Attack of one user: Rollback of all changes?

> >> Is there an easy way to make a rollback of all changes of this one user
> >> together?
>
> restore the database?

How would this be possible?

I am asking because of similiar future problems. The actual problem we
solved "by hand".

Regards
Karl Kirst

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