On Sep 27, 2004, at 5:26 AM, Chuck Bishop wrote: [snip]
I set the LocalSettings.php to the suggested settings in http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation and I am able to access mysql with my username and password.
Don't do that; those are obsolete instructions (as noted at the top of the page; I have now removed everything _but_ that notice so that people do not become confused by it in the future).
Remove this false LocalSettings.php and follow the instructions in the INSTALL file.
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