Re: Problems with GCC Wiki

Re: Problems with GCC Wiki

[Gerald Pfeifer]

On Fri, 8 May 2015, Mikhail Maltsev wrote:
> Recently I tried to log into my (read-only) account on
> https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki, but got an error message, saying that the
> password is incorrect. It could not be the case that I forgot my
> password, because it was saved in a browser plugin. Nevertheless, I
> tried to restore the password using the corresponding form, but did not
> receive any reply. I tried to register again, and surprisingly I could
> use the same login and same email to create a new account. Several days
> later the situation repeated (I can't login) Is it the intended behavior
> (i.e. accounts that are not members of EditorGroup get
> deleted periodically)?

Let me redirect this to overseers.  

Any thoughts on the above?

Gerald

Re: Problems with GCC Wiki

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi -

On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 09:26:47PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> [...]
> > [...] I tried to register again, and surprisingly I could
> > use the same login and same email to create a new account. Several days
> > later the situation repeated (I can't login) Is it the intended behavior
> > (i.e. accounts that are not members of EditorGroup get
> > deleted periodically)?

That is correct, due to ongoing abuse by spammers.

- FChE