Page 1 of 1
entries.txt became empty
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:41 am
by lorebett
I'm still using version 1.43 (I'm planning to upgrade pretty soon); and after I received an email saying that a new email message "Someone has just signed your guestbook" I found out that my guestbook became empty, and actually the entries.txt file on the site became empty... Is this a known issue with this old version of the script? Some vulnerability?
thanks in advance
Lorenzo
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:59 pm
by Klemen
Hi,
This is a "file corrupted" case. It happens sometimes with text databases, probably because multiple threads (or scripts) try to write to the same file on the same time. If you have a guestbook with many entries or a lot of website visitors I would recommend finding a guestbook with a MySQL database.
Either way I always recommend keeping scripts updated with the latest version and GBook is no different.
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:22 am
by lorebett
the problem was due to the fact that I had run out of space in the site hosting my guestbook.
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:19 pm
by Henrie
Hi Lorenzo,
A really late reply
But thank you for letting us know what caused it. It could help others.
Greetings,
Henrie
btw, my nerd score
http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:47 pm
by lorebett
yes very late, sorry about that
I had really forgotten about it!