Re: [Gnumed-devel] Login window - link to wiki - junior programming job

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 12:54:14PM +0100, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote:

> Please add a link to the FAQ section of the wiki in the help section of the 
> login window (Help button).
> 
> This is the ideal junior programming job and your chance to either learn how 
> to produce a patch or work with GIT.
> 
> I believe the password in GNUmed is a much larger hurdle then we realize :-). 
> Despite the fact that any-doc's password is mentioned just about everywhere 
> it 
> is not picked up by many.

While I agree what you suggest is a good job for a beginner ...

> One of today's chat sessions asking how to login or create local users ...

... this guy doesn't have a password problem.

> start of the chat log:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> releasedude (me): Hi
> releasedude: What operating system do you have ?
> webuser: see the error message i get
> webuser25119: Connecting to backend
> ---------------------------
> Unable to connect to database:
> 
> PostgreSQL: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "any-doc"
> DSN: dbname=gnumed_v12 host=127.0.0.1 port=5432 user=any-doc password=any-doc 
> sslmode=prefer

His local PostgreSQL simply isn't configured to accept
password-based connections or else he doesn't have a local
database.

> Please retry with proper credentials or cancel.
> 
> You may also need to check the PostgreSQL client
> authentication configuration in pg_hba.conf. For
> details see:
> 
> wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed/ConfigurePostgreSQL
> 
> Please consult the error log for all the gory details !
> ---------------------------
> OK   
> ---------------------------
> 
> releasedude: Ah, I see
> releasedude: you are trying to log on to a local database
> releasedude: let us do that step by step
> webuser25119: yes i am but don't know how to set up users
> releasedude: there is a user any-doc
> releasedude: with the password any-doc
> releasedude: but
> releasedude: first
> releasedude: please select the other profile
> releasedude: from the dropdown list
> releasedude: and try to connect to the public database
> releasedude: if that works you are half way there
> releasedude: which client version are you using ?
> releasedude: 0.6.2 ?
> webuser: it works i've connected to the public network using any-doc
> webuser: yes 0.6.2
> releasedude: k
> releasedude: now you are connected to the public database
> webuser: sorry 0.6.1
> releasedude: it might be a bit slower then a local database
> releasedude: so when you experience a lag that is mostly due to the internet 
> connection
> releasedude: it will run faster when you have a local database
> releasedude: however to try it out the pulic one should do
> webuser: ok the public database has loaded
> webuser: how do i go about setting up a local data base
> releasedude: i will send you a link
> releasedude: hang on
> releasedude: http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed/InstallerGuideWinEn
> releasedude: have a look at the video guide
> releasedude: that is linked there
> releasedude: it should show the process
> webuser: ok thank you
> releasedude: let us know if you have trouble getting it going
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> end of chat.
> 
> 
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