Quasar + PostgreSQL: solved

[Brian Walker]

Situation: followed the recommendations posted on: 

http://telco-op.org/quasar-wiki/index.php, and using instructions found at:

http://linuxcanada.com/ especially the .pdf for quasar install and setup, I 
found myself with a system which failed on a number of levels: firebird 
(despite having an apparantly functioning server) would not allow me to log 
on to quasar, and rejected all my passwords which had been created properly 
and which seemed to be found in the database. Assuming firebird was the 
problem (but that was probably laziness on my part) I began to try setting 
up PostgreSQL.

Unable to connect to the database until I properly set the pg_hba.conf file 
in /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf as described earlier in the thread. (Note - I 
had to set md5 in the IPv4 section too)

Still could not get functioning quasar, so i removed all firebird from the 
system, reset the quasar .deb packages by dpkg -i them (just to be sure) and 
found my quasar in fully function. 

I think the issue was having both firebird and postgresql at the same time, 
and incomplete setting for both of them. I wonder why the recommended setup 
failed initially? Perhaps the excellent wiki given above needs to be 
modified slightly? Also, more specific information needs to be given 
regarding the database setup:

1. Choose EITHER firebird OR postgresql
2. Setup Quasar first, and THEN the database
3. Test connectivity at every step

I shall see how it functions now, but printing out the 372 page reference 
manual now .... 

All the best

Brian
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