- <li>Next, the filename(s) referenced in <b>/usr/local/etc/freeside/mapsecrets</b> file should be created in the <b>/usr/local/etc/freeside/</b> directory. This file contains three lines: <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.15/DBI.pm">DBI data source</a> (for example,
- <tt>DBI:mysql:freeside</tt> or <tt>DBI:Pg:dbname=freeside</tt>), database username, and database password.
- This file should not be world readable. See the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.15/DBI.pm">DBI manpage</a> and the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=DBD">manpage for your DBD</a> for the exact syntax of a DBI data source. For example:
+ <li>Next, the filename(s) referenced in <b>/usr/local/etc/freeside/mapsecrets</b> file should be created in the <b>/usr/local/etc/freeside/</b> directory. Each file contains three lines: <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.15/DBI.pm">DBI data source</a> (for example,
+ <tt>DBI:mysql:freeside</tt> or <tt>DBI:Pg:host=localhost;dbname=freeside</tt>), database username, and database password.
+ These files should not be world readable. See the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/doc/TIMB/DBI-1.15/DBI.pm">DBI manpage</a> and the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=DBD">manpage for your DBD</a> for the exact syntax of a DBI data source. In a normal installation such as the example above, a single file <b>/usr/local/etc/freeside/secretfile</b> would be created - for example: