Don't we also automatically make a backup on an upgrade? --Tom
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Justas <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/23/2010 05:57 PM, sudhir gaikwad wrote: >> >> hi tom >> i recently had to reinstall my ubuntu 10.04 and this resulted >> in loss of my login as well as my data and school data >> so >> Q1. ANY POSSIBILITY OF RETRIEVING THE DATA I FEEDED ON SCHOOLTOOL >> Q2.BEING A BROWSER BASED TOOL DOES THE DATA GET STORED ON MY SYSTEM OR >> ..... >> Q3. HOW AM I GOING TO RECOVER MY LOGIN, >> how is this going to be solved ? > > The data was stored in this database file in your file system: > /var/lib/schooltool/schooltool-2009-Data.fs > > If the database file was deleted during the reinstall, I'm afraid your data > is also lost. > > If you can recover the old file, use terminal to stop the server > > $ sudo /etc/init.d/schooltool-2009 stop > > Copy the file into /var/lib/schooltool/ > After you copy the rescued file, use terminal to set the correct access > rights: > > $ sudo chown schooltool:schooltool > /var/lib/schooltool/schooltool-2009-Data.fs > $ sudo chmod 644 /var/lib/schooltool/schooltool-2009-Data.fs > > Start schooltool again. > > $ sudo /etc/init.d/schooltool-2009 start > > Regards, > Justas > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~schooltoolers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~schooltoolers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~schooltoolers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~schooltoolers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

