[Mediawiki-l] problem with mediawiki

[Anthony Smith]

I had that problem today. It was the way I start mysql.

If I type: service mysql start 
The db starts but mediawiki still gave that error. 

If I type: /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld
Bingo. It works. 

Why? Who knows. I don't have time to research further. 

-----Original Message-----
From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Philip
Beach III
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:39 AM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] problem with mediawiki

wiki software wrote:
> hi,
>    I had installed Mediawiki 1.7.1 and 1.9.1 locally on the system
using IIS
> 5, PHP5.1.6, and MYSQL server 5.0.24.
>
> It was woking fine for almost week after installaton, but suddenly i
get
> this particular error message when i try to access the wiki site on my
> system.
>
> Wiki has a problem
>
> *Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.*
>
> Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
>
> (Can't contact the database server: Access denied for user
> 'wikiuser'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (localhost))
>
>
> I have no clue why this is happening though, can someone kindly help
me.
>
> Thanks.
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>   
Something is up with your database/satabase user. Do you have
phpMyAdmin?

I would try logging in there and make sure none of your database 
settings changed... or since your running it locally you could just 
create a new database user and change the logon info in
LocalSettings.php.

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