On 22/12/11 21:17, Klaus Becker wrote: > Hi, > > I try to install MediaWiki 1.18.0 on tuxfamily.org, but I can't > connect to db, although I use the same db name and password as on > http://phpmyadmin.tuxfamily.org where I can connect to db. > > I did not change the default db user name = root > > I get the message > > DB connection error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through > socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) (localhost). > > so what can I do ?
Try 127.0.0.1 for the DB host instead of localhost. MySQL treats you as a different user depending on what host you come from, so connecting via TCP can require a different password to connecting via the UNIX socket. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
