From: Steve Stevenson fatmarauder@gmail.com To: mediawiki-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:51:27 -0500 Subject: Newbee question After all the installation minefields in apache2 and mysql installation have been traversed, I cannot get mysql and mediawiki to connect. It's on localhost, the database is wickedproblems, the prefix is mct, the user is root, and password is what it is. I can get into my sql just fine, but the configuration script says it can't find anything. It's gotta be simple. help?
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Steve Stevenson steve@clemson.edu wrote:
It's on localhost, the database is wickedproblems, the prefix is mct, the user is root, and password is what it is. I can get into my sql just fine, but the configuration script says it can't find anything. It's gotta be simple. help?
What does "can't find anything" mean?
The third initial configuration slide asks for host (localhost), database name (wickedproblems), prefix (mct), username (root), password (****)
Next page says
"DB connection error: No such file or directory (localhost).
Check the host, username and password and try again.
But mysql has that db and user.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Benjamin Lees emufarmers@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Steve Stevenson steve@clemson.edu wrote:
It's on localhost, the database is wickedproblems, the prefix is mct, the user is root, and password is what it is. I can get into my sql just fine, but the configuration script says it can't find anything. It's gotta be simple. help?
What does "can't find anything" mean?
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The third initial configuration slide asks for host (localhost), database name (wickedproblems), prefix (mct), username (root), password (****)
Next page says "DB connection error: No such file or directory (localhost). Check the host, username and password and try again.
But mysql has that db and user.
Have you checked the user's rights? The database user has to be able to write to the database.
hth Frank
The database user has to be able to write to the database.
Either that or are you sure your db is localhost? Shared hosting sometimes has a separate server dedicated to just db's.
Tom
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Steve Stevenson steve@clemson.edu wrote:
The third initial configuration slide asks for host (localhost), database name (wickedproblems), prefix (mct), username (root), password (****)
Next page says
"DB connection error: No such file or directory (localhost).
Try 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost?
-Chad
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