That is strange. This probably won't help, but try deleting the settings.pyc file and then run python manage.py runserver again (without --settings=settings).
Furbee On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Babatunde Akinyanmi <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes I do get it. I didn't realize that while I was typing my reply > your message had already been delivered to the group. > > On 2/17/12, Detectedstealth <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can connect with the same credentials that isn't the problem. > > > > The problem is if I set a password in settings.py it doesn't use a > > password as the error message states. However when I force the > > settings file with the --settings option then it reads the file > > correctly and uses the password. > > > > On Feb 17, 7:06 am, Babatunde Akinyanmi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Try to connect to mysql with the same credentials on your terminal. If > >> it doesn't work then you need to reset your root password. > >> > >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.1 > >> > >> Should do the trick and then restart the server (That works on ubuntu). > >> > >> Also you should consider creating a separate user instead of using root. > >> > >> On 2/17/12, Detectedstealth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > >> > I am just coming back to django development after a while of > >> > developing with pyramid. I have taking over an application. > >> > >> > For some reason with the newest version of django it is not reading > >> > the password I set in settings: > >> > >> > DATABASES = { > >> > 'default': { > >> > 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add > >> > 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'. > >> > 'NAME': 'mydatabase', # Or path to > >> > database file if using sqlite3. > >> > 'USER': 'root', # Not used with sqlite3. > >> > 'PASSWORD': 'mypassword', # Not used with > >> > sqlite3. > >> > 'HOST': '', # Set to empty string for > >> > localhost. Not used with sqlite3. > >> > 'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for > >> > default. Not used with sqlite3. > >> > } > >> > } > >> > >> > When starting the server I get the following error: > >> > ...MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/MySQLdb/connections.py", > >> > line 187, in > >> > __init__ > >> > _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1045, "Access denied for user > >> > 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)") > >> > >> > Not sure why it is saying there was not password. For the newest > >> > version of django is there a new way to tell python manage.py > >> > runserver what password/username/database to use? > >> > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups > >> > "Django users" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from my mobile device > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
