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+         Welcome to Gnucomo.
+  =====================================
+
+Gnucomo is a computer monitoring system that enables tou to keep an
+eye on your machines in a comprihensable manner and spot problems
+before they occur. Gnucomo is not a sinlge application but rather a
+database around which a collection of programs revolve.
+
+Known problems
+==============
+
+PostgreSQL authentication problem
+----------------------------------
+
+With the default installation of PostgreSQL on RedHat 8.0, you will probably encounter an authentication problem when you try to use the Gnucomo web interface. The problem will look somewhat like this:
+
+Warning: pg_connect() unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: FATAL 1: IDENT authentication failed for user "arjen"
+
+Refer to PostgreSQL Administrator's guide, Chapter 4: Client Authentication.
+
+You probably have this line in the /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf:
+
+   local   all     ident   sameuser
+
+(I know RedHat 8.0 does this). You need to change this into:
+
+   local      all           trust
+
+This tells PostgreSQL to allow any UNIX user to log into the database
+as any database user on a local socket.