Re: [SL] DBD; failed to initialise

[Adrian <adr...@ie...>]

I created a new user as suggested by Torben. I could then access an empty 
dataset. Then a restore:

psql -U sql-ledger dbname < backup.sql

Bingo! everything works.

Adrian

On Sunday 31 December 2006 21:06, you wrote:
> Adrian,
>
> SL saves passwords in files, if you did not copy over the files from the
> original server, you might not have any users. If possible, start your
> new installation by using your old SL files, and then upgrade (if
> needed). That's the only way I know of to restore old users.  If that
> doesn't work for you, you could probably safely add new ones (with
> different login spelling) without affecting the original ones while you
> find a solution in the interim.
>
> If you have a blank user slate, try logging into the admin area without
> a password..
>
> Adrian wrote:
> > I am submitting this a second time as the previous post was possibly
> > forgotten in the Christmas e-mails.
> >
> > The details:
> >  Mandriva 2007
> >  Postgres 8.1
> >  Latest SQL-Ledger
> >  Backed up on one computer and restored on new machine
> >
> >  Error message in bowser is:
> >  Error
> >  Access Denied
> >
> >  # tail /var/log/httpd/error_log
> >  [Sat Dec 23 05:05:19 2006] [crit] (20019)DSO load failed: DBD: failed to
> >  initialise
> >  [Sat Dec 23 05:05:19 2006] [crit] (20019)DSO load failed: DBD: can't
> > find driver for [DBDriver unset]
> >
> >  Is it a permissions problem or a software problem or database user
> > problem. Either something is missing or I have forgotten something in the
> > installation.
> >
> > Adrian

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