Motoko is Up, but There are Some Changes

Server Status: Up

Server Notes
IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: YOUR PASSWORDS HAVE BEEN RESET. YOU WILL HAVE TO COME AND ASK ME TO CHANGE THEM.
Motoko has been brought back up and is in a reasonably stable state. However, with the new arrangement comes new methodologies. The first one is that Motoko no longer has Front Page Support. I decided to do this since only one person ever even used it besides myself, and it created an unnessicary security risk. The second thing is that, due to this change, everyone will have their web sites moved into their home directories and redirects will be written to deal with this. This means that if your URL was http://www.nqig.net/hobbit, it will now be http://www.nqig.net/~hobbit. However, don't fret, the old URL will still work, it will just redirect you to the new URL automatically. The reason for all of this is the fact that without front page, you will need a way to update your web pages. However, the way the FTP server is configured, you only have access to your own /home directories. So if you want to update your pages, you will have to ftp on as your user, change to the public_html directory, and update your pages there. This won't interfere with your pre-existing web content, nor will it preclude you from using Front Page to edit your pages. It will change how you go about doing that, mind you, but that shouldn't be much of an issue. (Also, this increases the range of web page editors you can use since FTP is MUCH more widely supported than Front Page Server Extentions. This includes new tools like Dreamweaver and such.)

As for your old mail I've tacked it on to the end of your mailbox, so you should have ready access to it.


Finally back online. Let's just hope I don't have to do this again. ;.; That took WAY too long.

Motoko's Going Down for Repairs

Server Status: Down

Server Notes
Motoko is currently being offlined. I'm going to install Fedora 3 on her. But even cooler still, I bought a second hard drive and will be upping her to a full out RAID 1 system. Anyways, Motoko, for all reasonable purposes, will be offline till monday. I might get her up before that, but don't count on it.

RAID 1, WOO!!!!

Forums are down and Motoko as a whole will be soon

Server Status: Up but limping along

Server Notes
Motoko was the victim of a virus that seems to want to infect her phpBB2. This is entirely my own fault. A large number of different systems had to malfunction (I failed to update her phpBB2, installed Apache 2 poorly, and otherwise did stupid things I thought I could get away with.) before this could happen, and all of them where poorly handled by yours truely. Good news for you guys is that the user data on motoko seems reasonably ok. (i.e. personal web sites, forum data, the l337 cool stuff for the BPP, etc, all live happily), however, many of Motoko's fundamental systems where damaged. It may take me several weeks, considering the difficaulty involved, to repair her. During this time I cannot gaurentee ANY of Motoko's functions, and for some of it (primarily a system reinstall) she will be COMPLETELY offline. Regardless, I CAN promise you that the NQIG Forums and the WOW Forums are ABSOLUTELY OFFLINE until I can get her put back together. When I get the chance (considering my work/school schedule this may take till Monday,) I will backup Motoko's data, wipe her HDD clean, reinstall her OS, reinstall her basic systems, and reupload the user data. I'll update you more with anything helpful later.

#%$@in peice of @^# sucking *#!@ licking $^@#$!#@ software.

*Throttles self and bashes skull firmly against the wall several times*
*falls down and knocks self out on floor tiles*