\d pg_database select * from pg_database;

select * from pg_user

This PhpWiki pgsql install is perfect tutorial for PostgreSQL basics.

by Hans Schou 2003-04-16 A short description of how I got PhpWiki to work with PostgreSQL.

Related to PhpWiki version 1.3.4.

In the following some user defined names are used. Search and replace the names with what you want to use:

localhost    Domain name for PhpWiki and PostgreSQL
dschou_dk    Name of PostgreSQL database
uschou_dk    Username of owner of database
pschou_dk    Password for database
pwadmin      PhpWiki administrator
foobar       PhpWiki administrator password
rtGdfs8dp    PhpWiki administrator password encrypted
pw_          Table name prefix

Install packages

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This is the package names used in Mandrake 9.0.

postgresql-server
php-pgsql

Give user postgres a password

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su -
passwd postgres

Change pgsql connect method

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We want all users listed in PostgreSQLs user list to be able to connect. Only users local on the same machine can connect - no TCP/IP connections. Login as user 'postgres'

su -
su - postgres

In /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf change auth to:

local   all     password

Restart PostgreSQL

su - -c "/etc/init.d/postgresql restart"

Create a user in PostgreSQL

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Login as a user which can create users and databases.

su - postgres
createuser -A -D -P uschou_dk

(password is 'pschou_dk' in this example)

Create a database for user uschou_dk

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You could use the database owned by the Apache user but I don't like it that way.

su - postgres
createdb dschou_dk

Change owner of database 'dschou_dk'

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(There must be an easier way to do it)

su - postgres
psql -c "UPDATE pg_database SET datdba=(SELECT usesysid FROM pg_shadow WHERE usename='uschou_dk') WHERE datname='dschou_dk'"

Check everything is correct:

psql -l | grep dschou_dk
   dschou_dk  | uschou_dk | SQL_ASCII

Change user and prefix in schemas/psql.sql

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Edit schemas/psql.sql

\set prefix     'pw_'
\set httpd_user 'uschou_dk'

Create phpwiki tables

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cd phpwiki
psql -W -d dschou_dk -U uschou_dk < schemas/psql.sql

(I get some errors here, so run it twice)

Create an encrypted ADMIN password

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Start your “any browser”:

lynx http://localhost/phpwiki/passencrypt.php

(enter foobar and get the encrypted text) Copy the encrypted password into index.php:

if (!defined('ADMIN_USER')) define('ADMIN_USER', "pwadmin");
if (!defined('ADMIN_PASSWD')) define('ADMIN_PASSWD', "rtGdfs8dp");
if (!defined('ENCRYPTED_PASSWD')) define('ENCRYPTED_PASSWD', true);

Change phpwiki index.php

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cd phpwiki

Edit index.php

'dbtype' => 'SQL',
'dsn' => 'pgsql://uschou_dk:pschou_dk@socket()/dschou_dk',
'prefix' => 'pw_',

Hint, if you want to connect via TCP:

'dsn' => 'pgsql://uschou_dk:pschou_dk@localhost/dschou_dk',

or more specific with protocol and port number:

'dsn' => 'pgsql://uschou_dk:pschou_dk@tcp()localhost:5432/dschou_dk',

Fire up PhpWiki

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First create some default pages:

lynx http://localhost/phpwiki/

Check it out:

lynx http://localhost/phpwiki/

Login as administrator:

Login: pwadmin
Password: foobar

How much space does PhpWiki use?

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DATID=$(psql -t -c "SELECT datid FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname='dschou_dk'")
du -h /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/$DATID

• This page was shamelessly copied from here

pg_dump -C -h localhost -U localuser dbname | psql -h remotehost -U remoteuser dbname

* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1237725/how-to-copy-postgres-database-to-another-server