[rt-users] Unable to Initiate database installation for RTFM-2.2.0RC2

[Jason Fenner]

Double check your DB user's permissions within the database.  You may 
also have to pass the DB credentials on the command line.

Serge Bianda wrote:
> I compiled and installed RTFM with no problem, but when I try to run the
> command "make initdb" I get the following message:
>
> /usr/bin/perl -Ilib -I/opt/rt3/lib /opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database
> --action schema --datadir etc --datafile etc/initialdata --dba rt_user
> DBI connect('dbname=rt3;host=localhost','rt_user',...) failed: Access
> denied for user 'rt_user'@'localhost' (using password: NO) at
> /opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database line 170 Failed to connect to
> dbi:mysql:;host=localhost as rt_user: Access denied for user
> 'rt_user'@'localhost' (using password: NO) at
> /opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database line 170.
> ...returned with error: 65280
> make: *** [initdb] Error 255
>
>
> Please note that I have the correct password set in the RT_Config.pm
> file for the rt_user and when I initiated the database upon RT
> installation, there was no problem. It's just that I can do it for RTFM.
>
> Thanks
>
> Serge
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