Re: [Mingw-users] error logging into mingw wiki

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 16:16 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 02 January 2008 16:04, Roger Pack wrote:
> 
> > lib/WikiDB/backend/PearDB.php:778: Fatal[256]: wikidb_backend_mysql:
> > fatal database error
> > 
> > DB Error: no such field
> > (SELECT password FROM user where userid='rogerdpack' [nativecode=1054
> > ** Unknown column 'password' in 'field list'])
> > 
> > thoughts?
> 
>   I think the admins better take an *urgent* look; the database may have been
> corrupted or just gone offline, but this could also be your first warning that
> someone's found an SQL injection somewhere and is currently busy pwning your
> website.

Nope.  This is the thoroughly uninformative[1], utterly asinine error
message you see, when you neglect to RTFM, and attempt to log in with an
improperly formed user name:
http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/MinGWiki%20Pages

Hint: `rogerdpack' is not a valid WikiWiki word, and is therefore not
acceptable as a user name; I guess Roger has forgotten what he had to
do, the last time he encountered this exact same issue.

Regards,
Keith.

[1] I wasn't involved in setting up MinGWiki, and I don't have a clue
where to even begin to change it, otherwise I would do something about
making this stupid message rather more intelligible.