From bd4bbba98a947085c56a7e4075f4837ef45d8528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marcin=20Cie=C5=9Blak?= Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:52:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Do not suggest to login into the GitLab database (#13084) As pointed out on Discourse: https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/t/obscure-wtf-error-message-running-migrations-for-3-1/2524 The message the administrators were getting was telling them to log in to the "GitLab database" and also mentions MySQL --- lib/mastodon/migration_helpers.rb | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/mastodon/migration_helpers.rb b/lib/mastodon/migration_helpers.rb index 146eba8ec66..bf2314ecb1e 100644 --- a/lib/mastodon/migration_helpers.rb +++ b/lib/mastodon/migration_helpers.rb @@ -886,16 +886,12 @@ module Mastodon Your database user is not allowed to create, drop, or execute triggers on the table #{table}. -If you are using PostgreSQL you can solve this by logging in to the GitLab +If you are using PostgreSQL you can solve this by logging in to the Mastodon database (#{dbname}) using a super user and running: ALTER USER #{user} WITH SUPERUSER -For MySQL you instead need to run: - - GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO #{user}@'%' - -Both queries will grant the user super user permissions, ensuring you don't run +The query will grant the user super user permissions, ensuring you don't run into similar problems in the future (e.g. when new tables are created). EOF end