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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have installed Nagios 1.0b6 with the compile
option "--with-pgsql-xdata".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>within PostgreSQL version 7.2.1 I've created the
database nagios with the tables as described in the documentation, I created the
user nagios gave him a password and set the appropriate rights.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nagios and PostgreSQL are installed on the same
machine using Redhat 7.3.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if I start nagios I get the message Error: Could
not connect to PostgreSQL database ' ' on host ' ' using username '
' and password ' ' </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get this message for Status data, Retention data,
comment data and downtime date</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in the resource.cfg the name of the database the
port en the username/password are defined as the should be. Form a windows
machine use access a can access the database.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron K</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>