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Front Page Headlines / Re: The End of Shrinemaiden As We Know It
« Last post by N-Forza on February 15, 2020, 01:20:47 AM »Oh, for some reason I assumed PM archiving was a feature but maybe I was thinking of another forum.
Welp, looks like it's time to make use of that "download PMs" feature at last.
Ok so I did some research, did some digging and actually have created a local instance of Simple Machine Forums 2.0.15. I have found out that, by default the fresh out of the box SMF has database backup enabled. I am unsure if it was disabled at one point but only people who have Forum Administrator rank can do this. It actually allows an administrator to Download the database as an SQL file with a sequence of commands to restore the data on another site. (Also full disclosure, I tracked down the old ModernDark64 theme on the Wayback Machine and used it for the local instance for nostalgia reasons. This is entirely only accessible within my local area network.)
MoTK > Admin Center > Forum Maintenance > Database
The steps are screenshots below:
Like i said, i have no idea if it was actually enabled for those who have Administrator role, but if it is there no root access to the server platform is actually required to get the database. However this does not account for the other wikis that exist on this server.