Who posted images

stbcomp

Joined: 2006-04-20
Posts: 3
Posted: Mon, 2010-02-08 09:22

I need to find out who posted an album. Problem is that the admin of the pages deleted them, but now needs this information.
I'm guessing it's too late to get this, but thought it worth asking.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 
nivekiam
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Joined: 2002-12-10
Posts: 16504
Posted: Mon, 2010-02-08 17:12

If they've been deleted, the information is gone. A backup would be needed to get that information.
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stbcomp

Joined: 2006-04-20
Posts: 3
Posted: Mon, 2010-02-08 20:25

I thought that would be the case, but I was hoping for a lifeline like a log file or something.
Thanks for replying.
Wayne

 
alecmyers

Joined: 2006-08-01
Posts: 4342
Posted: Mon, 2010-02-08 20:26

Your webserver may have logging (mine does). In which case you can recover the IP address the images were posted from, and compare to other uploads for which you do know the user and see if there's a match. That's quite forensic stuff though.

 
stbcomp

Joined: 2006-04-20
Posts: 3
Posted: Mon, 2010-02-08 20:41

Hi Alec
Thanks for that, I'll see what we can find, it might be possible after all.
Wayne