userdb.dat reset problem

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22. August 2007 - 20:31
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Hi guys,

I noticed that the userdb.dat reset on my server on 2 occasions now.
The file size was only about 5mb or so. Any ideas?

cheers

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23. August 2007 - 0:42
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same as me, have that problem too, many many times db is reseting itself even if size is not so big =/

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6. September 2007 - 21:00
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when you say reset, do you mean all the way back to begining or just skipping loads of info..?

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7. September 2007 - 9:01
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it seems to be totally reset to nothing

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7. September 2007 - 20:54
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sounds like someones deleting it - or uploading new one via ftp or whatnot and overwriting it.. not saying there isnt a bug but i been using the same db for a good few years and i never had any issues of this sort.
can you look at creation date etc of file?

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14. September 2007 - 20:50
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hi . It reset again for no reason today. Date created 14th september

Tthe location is .q3a > excessiveplus > userdb.dat which is ok

Can you right click your file and tell me what you have for the

PROPERTIES / CHMOD settings ?

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15. September 2007 - 0:02
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UnknownUser807 wrote:

Can you right click your file and tell me what you have for the PROPERTIES / CHMOD settings ?

0644 Tongue

Btw I have acc to new dedicated machine and I will be watching if userdb file will reset same as on glizda's ded.

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15. September 2007 - 20:36
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yeah i got 644 also Worried
if its date created 14th then it has been overwritten and not just 'reset'
i use filezilla and this shows date modified in remote view maybe this is what you see?
can you access any kind of changes.log or access log?a for now solution would be to keep a backup every week or so and reload when problem occurs

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17. September 2007 - 13:15
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really strange, sometimes the file resets to nothing , and other times the file size stays the same (e.g 800kb) but still it reset the data.

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17. September 2007 - 14:16
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that is weird Thinking maybe something to do with your hosting and db files? maybe it truly is a bug, but as i say in the 3 years ive been running e+ servers i never had that issue once (that i noticed).
you want a copy of my db? maybe put that in and see what occurs..

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17. September 2007 - 15:55
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sure, can you PM me it ? and ill test it for 1-2 weeks and see what happens . cheers

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