This suggests that maybe your postgres isn't configured with support for Password authentication.
Jesse On Fri 28.Nov'08 at 15:11:32 +1100, Roland Goecke wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install RT 3.8.1 with Postgresql 8.1.9 for the database. > > I configured RT with > > ./configure --with-db-type=Pg --with-db-dba=postgres > > then did a 'make testdeps' which returned that all was OK. Next, I did > a 'make install', again all seemingly OK. > > However, at the step 'make initialize-database' I get the following error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rt-3.8.1]# make initialize-database > /usr/bin/perl sbin/rt-setup-database --action init --dba postgres > --prompt-for-dba-password > In order to create or update your RT database, this script needs to > connect to your Pg instance on localhost as postgres > Please specify that user's database password below. If the user has no > database > password, just press return. > > Password: > Working with: > Type: Pg > Host: localhost > Name: rt3 > User: rt_user > DBA: postgres > Failed to connect to dbi:Pg:dbname=template1;host=localhost as user > 'postgres': FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user > "postgres"make: *** [initialize-database] Error 255 > > If I go into Postgresql and have the postgres user info shown, there > appears to be no password set for this user, yet it seems that the > authentication fails for an empty password. I don't know the postgres > user password, if there is one set. I could reset it but there are > other applications running on this server that use Postgresql and the > user postgres, so I don't want to blow them away. > > I have searched the mailing list archives for answers and while I can > see that other people have had problems with RT and Postgresql, I have > not found an answer to my problem yet. I have also gone through the RT > book, but didn't find the solution in there either. > > Any ideas? Thx. > > Roland > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users > > Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com > Commercial support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. > Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com > --
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