By veeaa on

I installed 6.4 in a subfolder to test it. I belong to those idiots, who do not take backups: from now on, I promise to make them regularly. When I deleted the 6.4 installation, I accidentally deleted the settings.php file of my production site, which is 4.7.3.

Could someone please help me and add here a comment: what are the most important default lines of the file? I tried to edit the 6.4 file, but it does not work (?) I believe that I have the correct database, user name, password and prefix. What else is needed? Did the 6.4 installation make something else? Now I get the message: wrong database or user name or password.

Or, is there somewhere a repository of previous Drupal versions? I need the default.settings.php file.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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bensnyder’s picture

bensnyder commented

Never did a 4.x installation so I can't really help you :/

But... I'd say you are on the right track since I've done a similar thing with 6.x. I know that the 6.x settings.php file only has 1 really important line (obviously the database details)... the rest aren't required.

Try this....

Take a look at the 4.7 default settings.php file.

Install another drupal site (test site).

Compare the new settings.php file with the default and look for anything major.

Best of luck!

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dman commented

http://cvs.drupal.org/viewvc.py/drupal/drupal/sites/default/settings.php...

And yes, the $db_url SHOULD be the only customization needed ... but if there's been any modifications your guess is better than mine.

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veeaa commented

Two answers in twelve minutes, this is the response time at the Drupal Forum! Thank you so much, dman and pegleglax!

Now I am afraid that I do not have the correct password of the database user: I cannot find any other reason. I added another user, but since the database does not know this new one, the result is a long list of errors. After creating the second one, I tried to add the first user with the same username and propably with a different password. Did not work.

Perhaps this was ment to be my destiny: otherwise I would have used version 4.7.3 and the legendary category module rest of my life. Well, I will wait for any other help during this weekend...

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bensnyder commented

it sounds like you really pissed off you installation lol

my guess would be the password is incorrect. try resetting it in phpmyadmin. I don't know what other advise to give you other than to make sure $db_url has correct credentials supplied.

here is what I would do if I were you.

1) new installation
> download drupal 4.7 fresh from the server
> create a new DB.
> hook 'em up

2) drupal triple heart bypass surgery
> delete the tables in the installation you just made
> export the tables from your old DB to your desktop
> import those tables to the new installation

Best of luck.... If it doesn't work, crack open a bottle of Jack and go to town. :)

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