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    Klaus
    wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:06 last edited by
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    For the techies: It turns out that the information about installed plugins etc. is all part of the database, so what I had to do was to unpack the backup, transform it to readable text, find the part about the plugins, remove the information about the plugin from the database, package it back up, and manually feed that data into the database.

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      George K
      wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:08 last edited by
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      Thank you so much for all your efforts, @Klaus !

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Klaus
        wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:12 last edited by
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        Damn, I'm glad that I finally got it to work again. I couldn't let the prejudice that CS academics have no clue about how to operate computers in the real world win 🙂

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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:13 last edited by
          #8

          But I’m not finding the thread where I was voted the smartest, most talented, and best looking man on the forum…

          Still, it’s nice to have 99%! Good job, Klaus!

          The Brad

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          • D Doctor Phibes
            20 May 2022, 14:06

            Nice going, Klaus - and thanks for all your work on this.

            I think we should award you a 100% pay-raise!

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            89th
            wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:15 last edited by
            #9

            @Doctor-Phibes said in Welcome back!:

            Nice going, Klaus - and thanks for all your work on this.

            I think we should award you a 100% pay-raise!

            Make that 200%!

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              89th
              wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:17 last edited by
              #10

              I keep telling you all Twitter is bad!

              @Klaus nice work man, I know that was a PITA.

              BTW... does this mean I have 3 Reputation now? No more waiting 120 seconds!

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                Mik
                wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:27 last edited by
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                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  Horace
                  wrote on 20 May 2022, 14:51 last edited by
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                  Thanks for all this, Klaus!

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    kluurs
                    wrote on 20 May 2022, 15:33 last edited by
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                    Seriously, this was a lot of work and it's apprecaited.

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                    • K Klaus
                      20 May 2022, 14:00

                      About profile pictures and uploads - @Axtremus could you maybe manually scan a backup that is at least three days old whether it contains a public/uploads folder or something? Maybe I can restore profiles etc.; I think I have only the backup of the database, but not of that folder (which is where profile images live).

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                      Klaus
                      wrote on 20 May 2022, 15:54 last edited by
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                      @Klaus said in Welcome back!:

                      About profile pictures and uploads - @Axtremus could you maybe manually scan a backup that is at least three days old whether it contains a public/uploads folder or something? Maybe I can restore profiles etc.; I think I have only the backup of the database, but not of that folder (which is where profile images live).

                      Never mind, @Axtremus - thanks to the AWS command line tools I was able to download the full backups now.

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                        Klaus
                        wrote on 20 May 2022, 16:18 last edited by
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                        Ha! Managed to restore the profile pics, too.

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                        • K Klaus
                          20 May 2022, 15:54

                          @Klaus said in Welcome back!:

                          About profile pictures and uploads - @Axtremus could you maybe manually scan a backup that is at least three days old whether it contains a public/uploads folder or something? Maybe I can restore profiles etc.; I think I have only the backup of the database, but not of that folder (which is where profile images live).

                          Never mind, @Axtremus - thanks to the AWS command line tools I was able to download the full backups now.

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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on 20 May 2022, 16:19 last edited by
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                          @Klaus Great, I just saw the earlier request and you've already done it. 🙂

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                            mark
                            wrote on 20 May 2022, 17:24 last edited by
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                            Excellent work getting the system back online. Thanks Klaus!

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                              Renauda
                              wrote on 20 May 2022, 17:34 last edited by
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                              Way to go, Klaus! Thank you.

                              Elbows up!

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                              • L LuFins Dad
                                20 May 2022, 14:13

                                But I’m not finding the thread where I was voted the smartest, most talented, and best looking man on the forum…

                                Still, it’s nice to have 99%! Good job, Klaus!

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                                Jolly
                                wrote on 20 May 2022, 18:30 last edited by
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                                @LuFins-Dad said in Welcome back!:

                                But I’m not finding the thread where I was voted the smartest, most talented, and best looking man on the forum…

                                Still, it’s nice to have 99%! Good job, Klaus!

                                I think I found it...but you weren't identifying as a man.

                                Need a link, Lucy?

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  Klaus
                                  wrote on 20 May 2022, 18:47 last edited by
                                  #20

                                  OK, I've now killed the other forum.

                                  From now on, I'm going to use a new workflow for updates: Before updating the main forum, I'll make a clone and test it there. That should hopefully make events like this less likely to occur.

                                  Oh, I also found all file uploads, so all previously uploaded files (such as "copy&pasted" images) should work again.

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                                    89th
                                    wrote on 20 May 2022, 18:52 last edited by
                                    #21

                                    Excellent work!! People who haven't been on TNCR in 2 days will not even notice anything.

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                                    • K Klaus
                                      20 May 2022, 18:47

                                      OK, I've now killed the other forum.

                                      From now on, I'm going to use a new workflow for updates: Before updating the main forum, I'll make a clone and test it there. That should hopefully make events like this less likely to occur.

                                      Oh, I also found all file uploads, so all previously uploaded files (such as "copy&pasted" images) should work again.

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                                      Doctor Phibes
                                      wrote on 20 May 2022, 19:01 last edited by
                                      #22

                                      @Klaus said in Welcome back!:

                                      OK, I've now killed the other forum.

                                      But surely that means all the new people posting over there also died!

                                      You're a monster.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • D Doctor Phibes
                                        20 May 2022, 19:01

                                        @Klaus said in Welcome back!:

                                        OK, I've now killed the other forum.

                                        But surely that means all the new people posting over there also died!

                                        You're a monster.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 20 May 2022, 19:42 last edited by
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                                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Welcome back!:

                                        @Klaus said in Welcome back!:

                                        OK, I've now killed the other forum.

                                        But surely that means all the new people posting over there also died!

                                        Never cared for @farnsworth, truth be told.

                                        Then there was some British guy too.

                                        No great loss.

                                        I will miss Ms. Information, however. She seemed kind of cute.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          20 May 2022, 14:15

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Welcome back!:

                                          Nice going, Klaus - and thanks for all your work on this.

                                          I think we should award you a 100% pay-raise!

                                          Make that 200%!

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                                          Rich
                                          wrote on 20 May 2022, 19:56 last edited by Rich
                                          #24

                                          @89th said in Welcome back!:

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Welcome back!:

                                          Nice going, Klaus - and thanks for all your work on this.

                                          I think we should award you a 100% pay-raise!

                                          Make that 200%!

                                          f*cking Bidenflation

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