# Script/server problem/

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-problem/193177>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 12, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-problem/193177 "2010-08-12T14:42:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-problem/193177/1 "2010-08-12T14:42:39Z")

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root@essc-openvpn:/websites/teambox.mydomain.com/teambox# sudo script/  
server -e development  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bundler-1.0.0.rc.5/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:  
132: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/bin in PATH, mode  
040777  
=\> Booting Mongrel  
=\> Rails 2.3.8 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000)  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load': syntax error on line 6, col 2: ` database: teambox2’ (ArgumentError)  
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb: 902:in `database\_configuration’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb:  
437:in `initialize_database' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb: 141:in `process’  
from /websites/teambox.mydomain.com/teambox/lib/teambox.rb:14:in  
`process' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb: 113:in `send’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb:  
113:in `run' from /websites/teambox.mydomain.com/teambox/lib/teambox.rb:8:in `run’  
from /websites/teambox.mydomain.com/teambox/config/environment.rb:6  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.8/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require’  
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/commands/server.rb:  
84  
from script/server:3:in `require’  
from script/server:3

can any one help me out…

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**Author:** ![sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-problem/193177/2 "2010-08-12T14:52:36Z")

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On 12 August 2010 09:14, sam [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ```
> from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb:
> 
> ```
> 
> 902:in `database_configuration' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb: 437:in `initialize\_database’  
> from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb:  
> 141:in `process' from /websites/teambox.mydomain.com/teambox/lib/teambox.rb:14:in `process’

So what does this line look like? Also the lines around it.

> ```
> from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb:
> 
> ```
> 
> 113:in `send' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.8/lib/initializer.rb: 113:in `run’  
> from /websites/teambox.mydomain.com/teambox/lib/teambox.rb:8:in `run’  
> from /websites/teambox.mydomain.com/teambox/config/environment.rb:6

And this one (probably best to show the whole file).

Colin

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**Author:** ![sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-problem/193177/3 "2010-08-12T20:37:27Z")

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On 12 August 2010 09:14, sam [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load': syntax error on line 6, col 2: ` database: teambox2’ (ArgumentError)

When you get an error, the first line of the stack trace is usually  
the first place to look. In this case, the yaml library is complaining  
about bad syntax in " database: teambox2", which is most likely in  
your config/database.yml file.

YAML is pretty strict about indentation, and consistent use of tabs or  
spaces. I would check line 6 of database.yml to make sure it is  
indented in the same way as the lines around it (for example, perhaps  
it is using a tab where the rest of the lines use two spaces, or vice  
versa).

Chris

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**Author:** ![sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-problem/193177/4 "2010-08-14T08:14:39Z")

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thx,…
