On 22/12/11 21:17, Klaus Becker wrote:
Hi,
I try to install MediaWiki 1.18.0 on tuxfamily.org, but I can't connect to db, although I use the same db name and password as on http://phpmyadmin.tuxfamily.org where I can connect to db.
I did not change the default db user name = root
I get the message
DB connection error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) (localhost).
so what can I do ?
Try 127.0.0.1 for the DB host instead of localhost. MySQL treats you as a different user depending on what host you come from, so connecting via TCP can require a different password to connecting via the UNIX socket.
-- Tim Starling