[Fwd: [UCIMC-Tech] Urgent -- Database access for UCIMC site]

[David Gehrig]

Okay, Josh, here's the plan. Here's what I'd like

-- a clone of the current newimc database that I have
full access to (call it imcclone)
-- a clone of the current site as it stands, except
with a reconfiguration so it points to imcclone
instead of newimc, and with read-write access
-- some URL so I can see what that cloned site
is serving

The idea is, I want to do an upgrade to Drupal
six on that test bed, rejigger whatever I need
in order to make the hidden comments stuff
work, and then once that's up and happy,
we'll upgrade the real site using the same
process.

@%<

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Josh King <josh at ucimc.org> wrote:
> Sure, I just think Dan's been really busy lately. The site was
>  originally moved to mango.electric-pickle.net to relieve stress on the
>  IMC's systems, because mango.e-p was all ready to go. The intention was
>  to eventually move the site to mango.chambana.net, which is a virtual
>  server running on mango.e-p, but mango.chambana.net needs to be
>  completely wiped and re-installed as it is (due to being somewhat
>  screwed up from a previous Acorn client project), and that's kind of big
>  job. So I think the site was just left on mango.e-p for the time being
>  because it worked and it wasn't an issue. Even I don't have an admin
>  account on mango.e-p, because I'm not part of Electric Pickle. But I'll
>  be happy to set up a scratch area for you on a different server if you
>  let me know what you want and need (i.e. fresh drupal install vs. import
>  of old imc site, drupal 5.x vs. 6.x).
>
>  I have access to the site on mango.e-p, but I have neither the
>  privileges or the authority to add additional accounts. So if Dan got
>  hit by a bus, I could set up the site somewhere else, but I can't grant
>  others access to it where it is now.
>
>
>
>  David Gehrig wrote:
>  > Agreed -- I don't think it's at all out of line for
>  > me to have direct access to the MySQL
>  > databases related to the IMC site,
>  > and direct access to the directory it's being
>  > served from. My request for a scratch area
>  > to set up an upgraded site was at least a month
>  > ago and I've had no reply.
>  >
>  > @%<
>  >
>  > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
>  >> No doubt it would be wise if Dan can grant access and/or pass along the
>  >>  needed info. If he gets hit by a bus, we're up sh*t creek without a paddle.
>  >>  Mike Lehman
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  Josh King wrote:
>  >>  > Hi,
>  >>  >
>  >>  > Since Dan moved this to mango.electric-pickle.net to offload some of
>  >>  > the strain on the IMC's bandwidth, I do not have administrative access
>  >>  > to that server. Dan's the only one who can fix it. I'd like him to
>  >>  > move the site to the mango.chambana.net so that we both have admin
>  >>  > access to it, but he hasn't gotten around to setting that up yet. I do
>  >>  > have limited command line access to the database, so if there's
>  >>  > something simple you want me to do to clean up the spam, perhaps I can
>  >>  > do that?
>  >>  >
>  >>  > Mike Lehman wrote:
>  >>  >> Dan or Josh,
>  >>  >> Please, can you look into this, so that David can get things working
>  >>  >> again?
>  >>  >> Mike lehman
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >> -------- Original Message --------
>  >>  >> Subject:     [UCIMC-Tech] Urgent -- Database access for UCIMC site
>  >>  >> Date:     Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:36:35 -0500
>  >>  >> From:     David Gehrig <gehrigspamtrap at gmail.com>
>  >>  >> To:     IMC-Tech List <imc-tech at ucimc.org>, imc-web at ucimc.org
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >> I've put up a notice on UCIMC saying that anonymous comments are
>  >>  >> disabled owing to
>  >>  >> the spambot. But I can't clean up the spam because the database isn't
>  >>  >> where it used
>  >>  >> to be and I don't know where it is now.
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >> Could someone PLEASE tell me how to get to the MySQL database that the
>  >>  >> site uses?
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >> @%<
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