<![CDATA[Discourse change root email error]]>SyntaxError ((irb):2: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting `end') irb(main):001:0> u = User.find_by_usern... ^

The Cloudron instructions to change root's email are here;

https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/discourse/

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7598/discourse-change-root-email-errorRSS for NodeSat, 11 Apr 2026 20:31:25 GMTTue, 30 Aug 2022 21:31:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Discourse change root email error on Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:51:18 GMT]]>@LoudLemur works like expected. Please do not copy the whole line and not everything all at once.

root@24b1add9-15ef-4255-9c41-818b8ab7b3dc:/app/code# sudo -E -u root bundle exec script/rails console
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Loading production environment (Rails 6.1.6.1)
irb(main):001:0> u = User.find_by_username("root")
=> #<User id: 1, username: "root", created_at: "2022-08-30 21:45:35.005212000 +0000", updated_at: "2022...
irb(main):002:0> u.email = "admin@test.pro"
=> "admin@test.pro"
irb(main):003:0> u.email_tokens.create(email: u.email)
=> #<EmailToken id: 6, user_id: 1, email: "admin@test.pro", confirmed: false, expired: false, created_at: "2022-08-30 21:48:23.999384866 +0000", updated_at: "2022-08-30 21:48:23.999384866 +0000", token_hash: "16536bc4c1bc61d44853bcdc8bb5dbe18833341fe1612d74bd...", scope: nil>
irb(main):004:0> u.save!
=> true
irb(main):005:0>

First you enter the console and afterwards you paste the commands line by line starting with u = User.find_by_username("root")...

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/52861https://forum.cloudron.io/post/52861Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:51:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Discourse change root email error on Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:57:44 GMT]]>@subven Thank you! I tried again

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/52867https://forum.cloudron.io/post/52867Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:57:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Discourse change root email error on Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:51:18 GMT]]>@LoudLemur works like expected. Please do not copy the whole line and not everything all at once.

root@24b1add9-15ef-4255-9c41-818b8ab7b3dc:/app/code# sudo -E -u root bundle exec script/rails console
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Loading production environment (Rails 6.1.6.1)
irb(main):001:0> u = User.find_by_username("root")
=> #<User id: 1, username: "root", created_at: "2022-08-30 21:45:35.005212000 +0000", updated_at: "2022...
irb(main):002:0> u.email = "admin@test.pro"
=> "admin@test.pro"
irb(main):003:0> u.email_tokens.create(email: u.email)
=> #<EmailToken id: 6, user_id: 1, email: "admin@test.pro", confirmed: false, expired: false, created_at: "2022-08-30 21:48:23.999384866 +0000", updated_at: "2022-08-30 21:48:23.999384866 +0000", token_hash: "16536bc4c1bc61d44853bcdc8bb5dbe18833341fe1612d74bd...", scope: nil>
irb(main):004:0> u.save!
=> true
irb(main):005:0>

First you enter the console and afterwards you paste the commands line by line starting with u = User.find_by_username("root")...

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/52861https://forum.cloudron.io/post/52861Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:51:18 GMT