Hello Folks,

I hope someone can help out here.

I have setup MW 1.22.* successfully on a test server of my own but am now having trouble going into "production" ...

I have a managed Linux server. Via the web panel, I have created a database and a database user. On the command line, I have to connect to the database via a form like :

mysql -u user -S /tmp/mysql5.sock -p database

I have to use the "socket" form (-S) or it fails to connect (access denied). See :

http://faq.1and1.co.uk/web_space__access/mysql/12.html

I am trying to set up MW 1.22.7, running the initial setup (mw-config/index.php) to set up the database I get an error :

1) Using database = localhost

ERROR = DB connection error: Access denied for user: 'dbuser@localhost' (Using password: YES) (localhost).

2) Using database = localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock

ERROR = DB connection error: Unknown MySQL server host 'localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock' (1) (localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock).

I refererred to this page for the 2nd format above :

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Config_script

"Note: If running MySQL using a different socket file (e.g. mysql on localhost, using --socket=/tmp/mysocketfile), set the database host to:"localhost:/tmp/mysocketfile". Sometimes sockets are called ports. If you have a port number for your database host, follow the same syntax:"my.host.url:port"."

I also see a resolved bug (with code I see I have in 1.22.7 (IP.php)) :

mysqli: Non-standard port handling broken (explicit parameter int $port expected) https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58153

I tried the command line installer but got problems as well e.g.

php5.5 maintenance/install.php wikiname admin --pass <pass> \

--dbname <database> --dbserver localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock --dbuser <dbuser> --dbpass <dbpass> \ --scriptpath "/w" X-Powered-By: PHP/5.5.12 Content-type: text/html ... Setting up database DB connection error: Connection refused (localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock). Check the host, username and password and try again.

Does anyone know how I can get MW connected here?