I'm trying to install mediawiki version 1.8.2. I don't have root access to MySQL ( not my server ). I created a database using the web tools ( I think it's C panel ). When I try to install mediawiki it only uses the user name in the "root" section. When I put in the master user name and password the the hosting company gave me I get the following error message.
Error selecting database digital_wikidb: 1044 Access denied for user
What's going on here and how do I fix this?
I have installed mediawiki on my own server and ran into the same problem. It only worked if I used the root account for mysql. Using a user of the database would not work.
Damien Hull wrote:
I'm trying to install mediawiki version 1.8.2. I don't have root access to MySQL ( not my server ). I created a database using the web tools ( I think it's C panel ). When I try to install mediawiki it only uses the user name in the "root" section. When I put in the master user name and password the the hosting company gave me I get the following error message.
Error selecting database digital_wikidb: 1044 Access denied foruser
What's going on here and how do I fix this?
I have installed mediawiki on my own server and ran into the same problem. It only worked if I used the root account for mysql. Using a user of the database would not work.
You may need to tell it * the right hostname -- mysql.domainname.com or whatever mysql hostname your db is on. * the right mysql db username (and provide that db username's password) * the right db name, whatever.sql
I'm just guessing. I don't use C-panel. Roger :-)
It's all working now, and I'm not sure what happened. I deleted the LocalSettings.php and went through the config drill again and all was well. Sorry for the alarm, and thanks for the help!
And, yes, I am hosted at Dreamhost and didn't know about the 1-click upgrade. Oh well, next time....
Tim
On Nov 27, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Roger Chrisman wrote:
Damien Hull wrote:
I'm trying to install mediawiki version 1.8.2. I don't have root access to MySQL ( not my server ). I created a database using the web tools ( I think it's C panel ). When I try to install mediawiki it only uses the user name in the "root" section. When I put in the master user name and password the the hosting company gave me I get the following error message.
Error selecting database digital_wikidb: 1044 Access denied foruser
What's going on here and how do I fix this?
I have installed mediawiki on my own server and ran into the same problem. It only worked if I used the root account for mysql. Using a user of the database would not work.
You may need to tell it
- the right hostname -- mysql.domainname.com or whatever mysql
hostname your db is on.
- the right mysql db username (and provide that db username's
password)
- the right db name, whatever.sql
I'm just guessing. I don't use C-panel. Roger :-) _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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It works!
Turns out it was a mistake on my part. The company hosting my website was using MySQL 4. They added MySQL 5 a few weeks ago. To use a MySQL 5 database you need to set the "host" option to *localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock.
*Now I can copy some config settings from my working MediaWiki site. Once that's done the real work begins. I need to fill the Wiki with some information.
Roger Chrisman wrote:
Damien Hull wrote:
I'm trying to install mediawiki version 1.8.2. I don't have root access to MySQL ( not my server ). I created a database using the web tools ( I think it's C panel ). When I try to install mediawiki it only uses the user name in the "root" section. When I put in the master user name and password the the hosting company gave me I get the following error message.
Error selecting database digital_wikidb: 1044 Access denied foruser
What's going on here and how do I fix this?
I have installed mediawiki on my own server and ran into the same problem. It only worked if I used the root account for mysql. Using a user of the database would not work.
You may need to tell it
- the right hostname -- mysql.domainname.com or whatever mysql hostname
your db is on.
- the right mysql db username (and provide that db username's password)
- the right db name, whatever.sql
I'm just guessing. I don't use C-panel. Roger :-) _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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