I've never worked in Ubuntu before, but from what I understand, there is no text editor or Word or anything like that; everything is done through the command line and there is no "desktop."
So, how would I open settings.py with Ubuntu? On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Lachlan Musicman <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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: > >> > > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I have two separate Django questions. > >> > > >> > One: I am trying to learn how to use Django on my computer (Mac > OS, > >> > Mavericks) and was first getting the error "unable to open > database" > >> > when running "python manage.py syncdb." To fix it, I followed > >> > instructions from here: https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw > >> > <https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw> > >> > Now, I can't save settings.py. I realize this may have to do with > >> > the advice to change permissions on the page I just linked to; how > >> > can I change them back? > >> > When I run the "python manage.py syncdb" command now, it tells me > >> > there's a syntax error in settings.py. When I try to fix > settings.py > >> > and save it, it tells me ERRNO 13 permission denied. > >> > I'm mainly trying to get a feel for Django because I may want to > use > >> > it in the near future. > >> > > >> > Two: At my workplace, someone produced a Django app on Ubuntu. The > >> > app is a source database for reporters to view and add to (I work > at > >> > a newspaper). The main question: can I get the source information > >> > out of this database so that we can recover it and use it, even if > >> > the original creator of this app/database is not available? He > isn't > >> > responding to phone calls or emails, and bosses want me to see if > I > >> > can extract the info. 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