The SMFnew "downtime" discussion thread

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:12 AM

Well... look at their track record. They always come back, but they wait like three weeks before they decide to actually do anything. Tongue

**Gmdykfuiygh66476** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:13 AM

I found this too funny.
On the smfnew homepage, I clicked the "games" directory. The message I got? "Please leave : )"

looooooooooooooooool

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:14 AM

Are you serious? Even with the Smile

smiley?

Haha wow... that's too funny.

**Acko** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:18 AM

I wonder what they're doing in there, being all secretive and all... makes you question their leadershipÃ‚Â : Smile

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:19 AM

Probably files that they don't want you downloading. Tongue

**Acko** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:25 AM

Maybe they host their stash there? Tongue

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:26 AM

Well they just made their entire FTP of their site basically public... just go to their homepage. They've failed. Simple Tongue

**Gmdykfuiygh66476** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:27 AM

"please leave"
don't worry, everyone who had a forum on your service already has Tongue

**Acko** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:27 AM

I'm not sure if the database.xxxx.php files are useful, but couldn't you just right click and 'save target as' if you lost your database? Tongue

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:29 AM

It doesn't store the database. It probably either stores the information about how to connect to it, or has functions in code for dealing with it. I haven't looked at it of course, but that's the way SMF does it I think.

**Gmdykfuiygh66476** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:30 AM

ooooooooooooooh.... my inside email address and password thief is getting excited.. Tongue

**Acko** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:31 AM

you have a grudge against an smfnew forum or something? Tongue

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:32 AM

Yeah seriously...

My understanding, based on the explanations from previous downtime, is that they use a separate database for each forum. That's a positive at least. (It's really inefficient to do that, but hey, it means less account theft! Tongue

)

@Aco: We all do. They are pretty messed up haha. Most of us have had some pretty sour experiences with them. Tongue

**Gmdykfuiygh66476** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:32 AM

lol, i'm not actually going to access these files. I was just joking Tongue

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:34 AM

I won't either. It doesn't take a hacker to get into stuff in its current condition, but it's simply not the right thing to do, so I won't mess with any of it.

**Acko** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:34 AM

Well, if somebody does have a grudge, assuming those hold the databases, someone could REALLY mess up a site by getting the admin username and password (assuming it's not encrypted).

**Darth-Apple** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:35 AM

Passwords on SMF forums are always encrypted, so that won't be happening.

**simlink** · June 11th, 2013 at 3:36 AM

Meh, I just don't care about them. It's honestly getting to the point where it's funny to watch this train wreck unfold... Tongue

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