Hello, that's related to Fedora packaging and should not be addressed to this list.
Please take a look at your installed file: /usr/share/doc/bacula-common-5.2.12/README.Fedora What's missing is only your choice in the alternatives system for the database backend: # alternatives --config libbaccats.so There are 3 programs which provide 'libbaccats.so'. Selection Command ----------------------------------------------- 1 /usr/lib64/libbaccats-mysql.so + 2 /usr/lib64/libbaccats-sqlite3.so * 3 /usr/lib64/libbaccats-postgresql.so Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: Regards, --Simone On 27 December 2012 16:12, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to apologize in advance for re-asking a FAQ: I am well > aware that here have been a ton of similar reports before, and I did > read these and try out suggested solutions, with no avail. > > After running bacula for a long, long time with MySQL, I decided to > try it out with PostgreSQL instead. > > This is a from-scratch installation based on Fedora 17 and the Bacula > packages that come with this release, i. e. > > bacula-client-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > bacula-common-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > bacula-console-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > bacula-console-bat-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > bacula-director-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > bacula-docs-5.2.12-1.fc17.noarch > bacula-libs-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > bacula-libs-sql-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > bacula-storage-5.2.12-3.fc17.x86_64 > > The problem: I get (like so many others before) these error messages: > > ... > bacula-dir: dir_plugins.c:160-0 Load dir plugins > bacula-dir: dir_plugins.c:162-0 No dir plugin dir! > bacula-dir: lockmgr.c:583-0 Exit check_deadlock. > bacula-dir: postgresql.c:1126-0 db_init_database first time > bacula-dir: postgresql.c:241-0 pg_real_connect done > bacula-dir: postgresql.c:243-0 db_user=bacula db_name=bacula > db_password=XXXXXX > bacula-dir: dird.c:1006 Could not open Catalog "MyCatalog", database "bacula". > bacula-dir: dird.c:1011 postgresql.c:248 Unable to connect to PostgreSQL > server. Databas > Possible causes: SQL server not running; password incorrect; max_connections > exceeded. > 27-Dec 15:56 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION > Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf > ... > > I used this command to set the db_password : > > # su - -s /bin/bash bacula > -bash-4.2$ psql -Ubacula bacula > psql (9.1.7) > Type "help" for help. > > bacula=> alter user bacula with password 'XXXXXX'; > ALTER ROLE > bacula=> \q > -bash-4.2$ > > I appears this worked fine. I can also access the batabase manually, > like running the commands described in step "13. Resequence your > tables with the following commands" in the "Installing and > Configuring PostgreSQL" section of the manual: > > # su - -s /bin/bash bacula > -bash-4.2$ psql -Ubacula bacula > psql (9.1.7) > Type "help" for help. > > bacula=> SELECT SETVAL('client_clientid_seq', (SELECT > bacula(> MAX(clientid) FROM client)); > setval > -------- > > (1 row) > > bacula=> \q > -bash-4.2$ > > So it appears that the PostgreSQL server is up and running, the DB is > there and can be accessed. > > Note: none of the commands above did request me to enter any > password. [But then, when changing bacula-dir.conf back to the > default setting (empty db_password), I get the same results] > > > I tried with misc settings of pg_hba.conf as recommended in some of > the previous postings, with no avail either. > > Is there any way to debug which actual operation is failing? Or > otherwise find out which exact setting might be wrong? > > > Thanks in advance... > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > "You're just jealous." "What, of an overgrown puppy with a single- > figure IQ?" - Terry Pratchett, _Moving Pictures_ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. 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