---
name: "rt-setup-database-3.6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "request-tracker3.6"
version: "3.6.7-5+lenny6"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rt-setup-database-3.6"
---

# rt-setup-database-3.6(8)

Set-up the database for Request Tracker

## NAME

rt-setup-database - Set-up the database for Request Tracker

## SYNOPSIS

```
 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