Thanks, all, for the advice.
I am facing a number of learning curves, and I appreciate that you all take time from the more advanced work you do to help me out. I'll seek someone local.
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Mike Dewhirst <miked@dewhirst.com.au> wrote:
On 9/07/2014 6:24 AM, Janelle wrote:
I've never worked in Ubuntu before, but from what I understand, there isthe command line and there is no "desktop."Â
no text editor or Word or anything like that; everything is done through
So, how would I open settings.py with Ubuntu?Â
You could try something like the Filezilla FTP client which will give you a pseudo-desktop and let you view files using a familiar editor. You would need login credentials of course.
The learning curves are not terribly steep but it seems you are facing a number of them.
Ilya is correct but you might make faster progress if you set out the problem(s) and ask for a local contractor to get in touch.
<mailto:datakid@gmail.com>> wrote:
If they aren't in settings, then the software would never have worked
(if it needed a DB) :)
You can just open settings.py with a text editor - notepad, wordpad,
gedit, emacs/vim, even word if you want. It's just a text file.
Cheers
L.
On 8 July 2014 14:05, Janelle O'Dea <jnodea11@gmail.com>> > Â Â Hi all,<mailto:jnodea11@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Again, super helpful. I just have a few more (hopefully not terribly
> obvious) questions: this mechanism specified in settings.py; will
I access
> settings.py the same way as manage.py? python settings.py runserver?
>
> If I find the credentials for the database (if they aren't in
settings.py, I
> probably don't have them...am I screwed?) how can I get to and
dump the db?
>
> On Monday, July 7, 2014 7:30:44 PM UTC-4, Mike Dewhirst wrote:
>>
>> On 8/07/2014 2:22 AM, Janelle O'Dea wrote:
>> > Thank you, Mike. I haven't tried your first option yet, but I will
>> > either today or tomorrow. What kinds of clues would I look for in
>> > settings?
>>
>> Django needs credentials to access the database and there should
be a
>> mechanism specified in settings to get them. I don't keep such
things
>> directly in my settings because I keep them under version
control. But
>> if you had unfettered acccess to my machine you could discover where
>> they are. You say you have the Ubuntu machine in question so you
might
>> be able to find them.
>>
>> The fingers crossed part is because the developer might have
settled for
>> the Django Admin superuser credentials being the same as for the
database.
>>
>> If not, but you do have the database credentials you can dump
the db,
>> start another Django project with the same source code and load
a new
>> database to gain complete access to everything.
>>
>> Also: any ideas about my first question?
>>
>> No. I'm not a Mac person. But permissions on Macs are (I
believe) the
>> same as for Linux/Unix.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> >
>> > Everyone: I'm in Naples, Florida. If anyone is in the
Southwest Florida
>> > area and wants to try and help, I'll get you a Randy's key
lime pie. Or
>> > take you out for seafood. Or something.
>> >
>> > On Sunday, July 6, 2014 7:36:46 PM UTC-4, Janelle O'Dea wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Â Â I have two separate Django questions.
>> >
>> > Â Â One: I am trying to learn how to use Django on my
computer (Mac OS,
>> > Â Â Mavericks) and was first getting the error "unable to
open database"
>> > Â Â when running "python manage.py syncdb." To fix it, I
followed
>> > Â Â instructions from here: https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw
>> > Â Â <https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw>
>> > Â Â Now, I can't save settings.py. I realize this may have
to do with
>> > Â Â the advice to change permissions on the page I just
linked to; how
>> > Â Â can I change them back?
>> > Â Â When I run the "python manage.py syncdb" command now, it
tells me
>> > Â Â there's a syntax error in settings.py. When I try to fix
settings.py
>> > Â Â and save it, it tells me ERRNO 13 permission denied.
>> > Â Â I'm mainly trying to get a feel for Django because I may
want to use
>> > Â Â it in the near future.
>> >
>> > Â Â Two: At my workplace, someone produced a Django app on
Ubuntu. The
>> > Â Â app is a source database for reporters to view and add
to (I work at
>> > Â Â a newspaper). The main question: can I get the source
information
>> > Â Â out of this database so that we can recover it and use
it, even if
>> > Â Â the original creator of this app/database is not
available? He isn't
>> > Â Â responding to phone calls or emails, and bosses want me
to see if I
>> > Â Â can extract the info. I've never worked in Ubuntu before.
>> >
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