Backup fails

Can you run the server with the command line and add the option --debug to the server please ?

Thank you

on Linux, works fine.

I will check on Windows.

Thank you

Tried with --debug:

After initiating backup process in the command window where server is started appears prompt "Password:"

When I enter there default password "admin" the following line appears:

> c:\documents and settings\administrator\service\web_services.pyo(185)dump()
(Pdb)

I also had this problem and here are my findings.

I only have this problem when I start the server with a --db_host parameter (e.g. ./bin/openerp-server.py --db_host 127.0.0.1), then pg_dump asks for a password.
When I leave the db_host parameter out, it doesn't ask for the password and it just works.

Guess it has to do with postgresql authentication, probably without the db_host parameter ident authentication is chosen and works, but when you specify a db_host it uses another authentication method that requires a password.

So maybe the issue is that openerp doesn't detect/knows this and doesn't act appropriately.

Hope this helps and someone can reproduce this.

Oh forgot, I think it's similar to this:
http://openerp.com/wiki/index.php/Manual_Installation:Installation_Manual/TaqTrouble#Ident_authentication_but_using_password

fixed in trunk

Not fixed correctly, I will provide a new patch

hey guys,

can anyone help me in layman's language. I am not getting anything, on how to go about it. I have installed open ERP on a windows 7 machine and face the same problem while trying to take the backup.

would appreciate any help regarding it.

Regards,
Mitul

@mitlulv4u
from my experience, start the server from the command prompt. If prompted for password this is the password used by the server to contact the db. Look at your config file.

Alternative way of backup, check postgress. There are two easy menu entry in pgadmin (select a db, right click: backup, restore).

Good luck!