Hi,
I used the Links v2 cgi script since 3month, and 2days ago i don't know why, i lost 70% of the links of my Database :( i haved 80links and now i have just 34 , and when i try to search in the admin the links whish been lost , thay tell me that this link don't existe.
I haven't got backup :( what can i do ???
It's a bug of the Gossamer script ??? or my webhosting delete something without my autorization???
Bye, Franck

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

Thats why you always make backups.

It isn't a links2 bug. Did you have flock on?

Have you checked that there aren't any backups in the backups directory?

This thread would be better placed in the Links2 Discussion forum as it isn't to do with Links2 Customization...just something to note in future...

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Oops Sorry Paul, i'm french and my english degree isn't very big :( so i write in the 1th board i have see...

So i see the files back -up in my ftp but can open it in IE :( the tell me Error 403 - Forbiden and my pass & log-in are corect, so how can i retablsih the backup ???

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

Hi don't worry, I was just telling you for future reference.

You will need to enter the "backups" directory using ftp and then download the .db files for the most recent date (they are named by date).

Rename them appropriately and then re-upload to your data directory.

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i just download it and re-upload with the rename in the cgi-bin/admin/data, but it's doesn't work :( i have this error message , so now , what can i do ???

CGI ERROR
==========================================
Error Message : unable to open /home/efancity/cgi-bin/admin/data/links.db. Reason: No such file or directory
Script Location : admin.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00503

Form Variables
-------------------------------------------
db : links
validate_form : 1

Environment Variables
-------------------------------------------
AUTH_TYPE : Basic
DOCUMENT_ROOT : /home/efancity/www
GATEWAY_INTERFACE : CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT : image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip, deflate
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: fr
HTTP_CONNECTION : Keep-Alive
HTTP_HOST : www.efancity.com
HTTP_REFERER : http://www.efancity.com/cgi-bin/admin/admin.cgi?display=navigation
HTTP_USER_AGENT : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
PATH : /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
QUERY_STRING : db=links&validate_form=1
REMOTE_ADDR : 213.245.42.226
REMOTE_PORT : 1478
REMOTE_USER : admin
REQUEST_METHOD : GET
REQUEST_URI : /cgi-bin/admin/admin.cgi?db=links&validate_form=1
SCRIPT_FILENAME : /home/efancity/cgi-bin/admin/admin.cgi
SCRIPT_NAME : /cgi-bin/admin/admin.cgi
SERVER_ADDR : 213.186.33.11
SERVER_ADMIN : tech@ovh.org
SERVER_NAME : www.efancity.com
SERVER_PORT : 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL : HTTP/1.1
SERVER_SOFTWARE : Apache/1.3.14 (Unix)


Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

Chmod the data directory to 777 and the .db files to 666.

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Hi:

Is the file called links.db, and chmod 666 (rw-rw-rw-)? And as an aside, you did transfer the file in ASCII (text)?


Dan

LotusLand
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Top Ranked City in World for Quality of Life

Don't work too ... :((((((

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

If you uploaded in ASCII, chmodded the file appropriately, named it links.db and have the paths in links.cfg correct then it will work.

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i know, i jsut do every thing you say , but that don't work :(

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

What is the EXACT error you are getting now? - The same one?

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yeah, everything don't work, the view links, validate, buil all too. When i try to buil all, this is the message i see:

Loading Category Information . . .

CGI ERROR
==========================================
Error Message : unable to open database: /home/efancity/cgi-bin/admin/data/categories.db. Reason: No such file or directory
Script Location : nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00503

Form Variables
-------------------------------------------

Environment Variables
-------------------------------------------
AUTH_TYPE : Basic
DOCUMENT_ROOT : /home/efancity/www
GATEWAY_INTERFACE : CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT : image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip, deflate
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: fr
HTTP_CONNECTION : Keep-Alive
HTTP_HOST : www.efancity.com
HTTP_REFERER : http://www.efancity.com/cgi-bin/admin/admin.cgi?display=navigation
HTTP_USER_AGENT : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
PATH : /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
QUERY_STRING :
REMOTE_ADDR : 213.245.42.226
REMOTE_PORT : 2000
REMOTE_USER : admin
REQUEST_METHOD : GET
REQUEST_URI : /cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_FILENAME : /home/efancity/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_NAME : /cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SERVER_ADDR : 213.186.33.11
SERVER_ADMIN : tech@ovh.org
SERVER_NAME : www.efancity.com
SERVER_PORT : 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL : HTTP/1.1
SERVER_SOFTWARE : Apache/1.3.14 (Unix)


Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

Are you sure this path is correct?...It looks a little unusual to me...

/home/efancity/cgi-bin/admin/data/

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yeah, the pacth are corect heheh :) jsut my webhosting wish is a little strange. But it's very very trange, it has work corectly since 3month , and just 2days ago the cgi crash

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

i have the "list all" option when i'm in the modified who work, i can see all my links corectly so i have doing the backup corectly, it just that all other things don't work

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

Hi:

Does the categories.db file exist in the admin/data/ directory, and is it chmod 666 (rw-rw-rw-). Ensure ALL the files in the data directory are chmod 666.


Dan

LotusLand
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Top Ranked City in World for Quality of Life

all files in the data directory are chromed...

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

You will only get this error if:

1. categories.db file does not exist
2. categories.db file exists but not chmod 666
3. categories.db file exists but path to categories.db file incorrect


Dan

LotusLand
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Top Ranked City in World for Quality of Life

it's category.db or categories.db ??????????

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

ohhh i('m so stupid!!!! i have change the orthographe of categories.db because when i rename the back up, i jsut delete the date... Now that work!!!!! Thank you so much to every one who help me!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Franck
http://www.fanblvd.com
http://www.illusions-grafx.com
http://www.efancity.com

By default it is categories.db unless you renamed it something else in links.cfg. But the error message gives it as categories.db so ensure you have categories.db and not category.db in the data directory.


Dan

LotusLand
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Top Ranked City in World for Quality of Life