Re: [xwiki-users] Registration and Layout settings resetting

I ran a flush on the cache immediately after the problem recurred, and the settings were not restored. Any other ideas? Thanks, aaron On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Ashtar Communications <ashtarcommunications(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Vincent, > > Thanks for the help. Answers below: > >>> Email -- Admin Email and SMTP server. The rest of the settings are maintained. >> >> What other setting remains that is not the default value? > > On the Email page, the Port, Server Username, and Server Password > always stay - only the Admin Email and SMTP server are cleared out. > >>> Page Elements - All panel settings, reverting to zero displayed >>> panels. Metadata visibility settings are maintained >> >> You modified those and they remain? If so the problem is not a cache issue that resets XWikiPreferences. > > I modified the panel settings to display two panels on the left, and > no panels on the right. When the bug occurs, The "show left/right > panel?" settings are set to "--" and the "Panels to Display" are > blank. > > The frequency of occurrence has dropped in the last day - at first it > was happening every 15-20 minutes, and today it went most of the day > with no apparent problems. The next time it occurs I will try to flush > the cache and see if that sheds any light... > > thanks, > > aaron > > >> One thing you can test to ensure this: >> When the problem happens do a flush cache in a wiki page: >> >> {{velocity}} >> $xwiki.flushCache() >> {{/velocity}} >> >> And then verify if your settings are back. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >>> Registration - Use Email Verification, Active Authentication Check, >>> Validation Email Content, Confirmation Email Content. Everything else >>> is maintained. >>> Several entire Spaces - the wiki has a large number of spaces (~150). >>> They seem to be getting deleted at random. I will leave the page for >>> an hour, come back, and the link to the space homepage will have the >>> "question mark" icon next to it. The space will no longer appear in >>> the spaces list on the Dashboard. >>> >>> Any other ideas? I'm ready to downgrade back to 3.x - this only >>> started happening with a fresh install of 4.2 and it's obviously a >>> serious problem... >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> aaron >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sep 9, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Dmitry Bakbardin <haru_mamburu(a)mail.ru> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 vote >>>>> I had the same problem until set "Prevent unregistered users from editing pages, regardless of the page or space rights" on. >>>>> But I don't know still if it is a bug or a feature :-) >>>> >>>> It's a bug… Fixed in 4.2M3, see http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-8160 >>>> >>>> -Vincent >>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>> Dmitry >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sun, 9 Sep 2012 01:52:12 -0400 от Ashtar Communications <ashtarcommunications(a)gmail.com>om>: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> It seems that my wiki is spontaneously resetting several configuration >>>>>> >>>>> settings, most notably the registration, email, and layout settings. I >>>>>> >>>>> enter information like the email server, address, and port, which >>>>>> >>>>> panels to display in the sidebar, or whether to require email >>>>>> >>>>> verification. After a few hours, I return to the site to find that the >>>>>> >>>>> panels are turned off, email registration is turned off and the boxes >>>>>> >>>>> for formatting verification emails, etc are blank, and half of the >>>>>> >>>>> email settings are cleared. There may also be other configuration >>>>>> >>>>> options being reset that I haven't found yet. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I am the only administrative user on the wiki. It's also definitely >>>>>> >>>>> not due to vandalism - exactly the same settings disappear every time, >>>>>> >>>>> and it has now repeated itself 4 times in the last 24 hours. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I'm running XEM 4.2m2 on Tomcat with MySQL. Any help would be greatly >>>>>> >>>>> appreciated... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Aaron >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>> users mailing list >>>>>> users(a)xwiki.org >>>>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> users mailing list >>>>> users(a)xwiki.org >>>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> users mailing list >>>> users(a)xwiki.org >>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> users(a)xwiki.org >>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users(a)xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users