Thanks Gary... it works :)
re the permissions... the only thing that I needed to do was to chmod a+x
/var/lib/mysql. Do not know if that in itself could pose a security
problem! (wandering why mysql creates the dir with only user rwx all
others zip)...
Thanks
Marcos
On Sun, 20 May 2001, cars sold wrote:
> Hi
>
> just to follow up on this - the fix we implemented to get over this is as
> follows:
>
> 1) get a php.ini file into the vs /etc directory
>
> 2) in /etc/php.ini - add an extension_dir= path as follows:
>
> extension_dir= /usr/lib/php4
>
> 3) in /etc/php.ini - add a line to load the mysql.so dynamically
>
> extension= mysql.so
>
> then we had a permission problem on mysql.sock - although the mysql.sock was
> writable the directory was not so we had to chmod 777 /var/lib/mysql
>
> not sure on the security implications or warrantble nature of any of this
> but phpMyAdmin is up and running...but we are working in the dark and it's
> not production so....
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Urivan Saaib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 4:01 AM
> Subject: emmhh..yet another PHP/MySQL question.. :)
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Well i downloaded the php-mysql prebuilt skel, then i copied all files
> > related to php and mysql into a new virtual server :
> >
> > cd /tmp; bunzip2 fvsd-skel.tar.gz | tar xvf -
> > updatedb
> > for i in `locate mysql php | grep \/tmp\/skel |
> > perl -pi.bak -e `s/\/tmp\/skel\///'`
> > do; tar -dvf /tmp/php-mysql-stuff.tar.gz $i; done
> >
> > copied libphp3.so as well just to do some tests...
> >
> > Configured apache first with php3, and everything worked, but when
> > commented the php3 lines in httpd.conf and uncommented the php4 and
> > restarted, well the php4 files yes, they are parsed, but i cannot make
> > mysql connections due to the following :
> >
> > "Call to undefined function: mysql_connect()"
> >
> > Is there any extra missing file needed for libphp4 that i'm missing ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > _______________________________________________________
> > Urivan Saaib
> > Presidente
> > CiberNET Mexico
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
