rt-setup-database-3.6(8)

rt-setup-database-3.68

Set-up the database for request tracker

Usage

rt-setup-database {--action init | drop | insert [--datafile <file>] \ --dba <username> --prompt-for-dba-password | --dba-password <guess>}

Options

 action:  init    Initialize the database
          drop    Drop the database.
                  This will ERASE ALL YOUR DATA
          insert  Insert data into RT's database.
                  By default, will use RT's installation data.
                  To use a local or supplementary datafile, specify it
                  using the '--datafile' option below.
          acl     Initialize only the database ACLs
                  To use a local or supplementary datafile, specify it
                  using the '--datadir' option below.
          schema  Initialize only the database schema
                  To use a local or supplementary datafile, specify it
                  using the '--datadir' option below.
 datafile: /path/to/datafile
 datadir:  /path/to/            Used to specify a path to find the local
                                database schema and acls to be installed.
 dba:                      dba's username
 dba-password:             dba's password
 prompt-for-dba-password   Ask for the database administrator's
                           password interactively
 no-dba                    for 'init': assume that the database and the
                           user are already created, so we don't need 
                           administrator privileges (Debian-specific)

Internals

get_system_dsn

Returns a dsn suitable for database creates and drops and user creates and drops

ACLEquivGroupId

Given a userid, return that user's acl equivalence group

Releases

2 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0

From request-tracker3.6 3.6.7-5+lenny6 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.