missing userdb.dat

tim555

Joined: 2008-01-25
Posts: 2

Posted: Mon, 2008-01-28 22:52

I'm trying to migrate from Gallery1 to 2 but have run into problems as I don't seem to have either an albumsdb.dat or userdb.dat file. I solved the albumsdb.dat problem by creating it manually using the php serialise function following some instructions I found on this forum. However I have no idea how to do the same for the missing userdb.dat.

I don't understand why I don't have either of these files in either my Gallery2 or Gallery1 installations. The hosting provider is dreamhost.com and I'm using MySQL as the database backend.

G2 URL (optional): www.timsstuff2.net/photos
G2 version:
G1 URL (optional):
G1 version:
G1 character set:
PHP memory limit:
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PHP version (e.g. 5.1.6): 4.4.8
PHPInfo Link (see FAQ): http://www.timsstuff2.net/phpinfo.php
Webserver (e.g. Apache 1.3.33):
Database (e.g. MySql 5.0.32): MySQL
Activated toolkits (e.g. NetPbm, GD):
Operating system (e.g. Linux): Debian Linux
Browser (e.g. Firefox 2.0): Firefox 2.x

jmullan

Joined: 2002-07-28
Posts: 974

Posted: Mon, 2008-03-31 23:41

It looks like you got zenphoto working fine there. I think that the thing stopping you from getting any support was your entirely non-functional G1.

tim555

Joined: 2008-01-25
Posts: 2

Posted: Tue, 2008-04-01 08:45

Yeah I gave up on Gallery - Zenphoto seems much simpler since I only need the basic photo gallery+description functionality. To anyone reading this thread whose hosted on Dreamhost I'd recommend avoiding their one-click installs as they seem to do some funny things. I couldn't get their Zenphoto one-click install to work either - ended up uninstalling it then installing Zenphoto manually according to the instructions on their site.

tim555 Joined: 2008-01-25 Posts: 2	Posted: Mon, 2008-01-28 22:52
	I'm trying to migrate from Gallery1 to 2 but have run into problems as I don't seem to have either an albumsdb.dat or userdb.dat file. I solved the albumsdb.dat problem by creating it manually using the php serialise function following some instructions I found on this forum. However I have no idea how to do the same for the missing userdb.dat. I don't understand why I don't have either of these files in either my Gallery2 or Gallery1 installations. The hosting provider is dreamhost.com and I'm using MySQL as the database backend. G2 URL (optional): www.timsstuff2.net/photos G2 version: G1 URL (optional): G1 version: G1 character set: PHP memory limit: -- PHP version (e.g. 5.1.6): 4.4.8 PHPInfo Link (see FAQ): http://www.timsstuff2.net/phpinfo.php Webserver (e.g. Apache 1.3.33): Database (e.g. MySql 5.0.32): MySQL Activated toolkits (e.g. NetPbm, GD): Operating system (e.g. Linux): Debian Linux Browser (e.g. Firefox 2.0): Firefox 2.x
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jmullan Joined: 2002-07-28 Posts: 974	Posted: Mon, 2008-03-31 23:41
	It looks like you got zenphoto working fine there. I think that the thing stopping you from getting any support was your entirely non-functional G1.

tim555 Joined: 2008-01-25 Posts: 2	Posted: Tue, 2008-04-01 08:45
	Yeah I gave up on Gallery - Zenphoto seems much simpler since I only need the basic photo gallery+description functionality. To anyone reading this thread whose hosted on Dreamhost I'd recommend avoiding their one-click installs as they seem to do some funny things. I couldn't get their Zenphoto one-click install to work either - ended up uninstalling it then installing Zenphoto manually according to the instructions on their site.

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