John Woodard wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Steve Engledow Sent: 28 July 2005 09:04 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] ALUG Wiki
Looks like http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/ has been totally defaced has anybody got a recent backup to fix it?
Thanks to Darren at php4hosting.com who kindly hosts the web site for us a recent backup has cured the mess that the spammers left the wiki in. All should be well for now at least until one of the spamming scum does it again. Oh the joys of having an open access wiki!
For anyone who has anything to do with the website :- I have written a script (~/sync.pl) that basically makes an hourly backup of the site.
It does this by making a new directory in ~/backup/ the directory name is in the format of YYMMDDHH it then runs rsync against the previous hourly copy and the current web directory. It then creates a symbolic link called current agasint the most recent backup.
It will also delete anything older than 30 days.
The copys taken are using hard links so it takes up minimal disk space. Its not rocket science but should do a good job in terms of recent backups. I know hourly backups may be a little over the top but if it proves to be a problem this end Ill drop it to daily or half daily.
Darren