move the database file to a db subdirectory, to get the perms right when people run "chmod -R <md-dir>/*"

.hgignore

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ syntax: glob
 
 *.pyc
 *.db3
+*.db3.bak
+*.db3-journal
 *~
 .directory
 .secret.txt

db/README.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+This file basically only exists to have HG keep the "db" directory. I
+moved the DB to this subdirectory, because people keep running into
+a "Cannot open database file" error which results from permissions
+being set incorrectly. People mostly run "chown -R <md-dir>/*" instead
+of "chown -R <md-dir>" and therefore run into these problems.
+
+When the db is in a subdir of <md-dir>, it matches the wildcard and
+will then have correct permissions.

pyweb/mumble/management/__init__.py

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 """
 
+from shutil		import copy, move
+from os.path		import exists, join
+
+from django.conf	import settings
 from django.db		import connection
 from django.db.models	import signals
 
@@ -22,6 +26,14 @@ from mumble		import models
 from update_schema	import update_schema
 from server_detect	import find_existing_instances
 
+
+if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == "sqlite3":
+	# Move the DB to the db subdirectory if necessary.
+	oldpath = join( settings.MUMBLE_DJANGO_ROOT, "mumble-django.db3" )
+	if not exists( settings.DATABASE_NAME ) and exists( oldpath ):
+		move( oldpath, settings.DATABASE_NAME )
+
+
 cursor = connection.cursor()
 
 tablename = models.Mumble._meta.db_table
@@ -38,6 +50,9 @@ else:
 	uptodate = True
 
 if not uptodate:
+	if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == "sqlite3":
+		# backup the db before the conversion.
+		copy( settings.DATABASE_NAME, settings.DATABASE_NAME+".bak" )
 	signals.post_syncdb.connect( update_schema, sender=models );
 else:
 	signals.post_syncdb.connect( find_existing_instances, sender=models );

pyweb/settings.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ MUNIN_CATEGORY = 'network'
 # Database settings for Mumble-Django's database. These do NOT need to point to Murmur's database,
 # Mumble-Django should use its own!
 DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'
-DATABASE_NAME = join( MUMBLE_DJANGO_ROOT, 'mumble-django.db3' )
+DATABASE_NAME = join( MUMBLE_DJANGO_ROOT, 'db', 'mumble-django.db3' )
 DATABASE_USER = ''
 DATABASE_PASSWORD = ''
 DATABASE_HOST = ''