RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...

[Ken Williams]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan M. Hollin) wrote:
>:: Okay, last idea: you say you can connect to mysql from the command line,
>:: from regular CGI, and from PHP.  I'm guessing that in all of those
>:: situations, you're acting as the same user (win2k user, not mysql user).
>:: However, under mod_perl you'll be acting as whatever user your web
>:: server runs as.  That's probably the only real difference between
>:: mod_perl and the other situations.
>::
>:: So if you can become that user and try connecting to the database,
>:: perhaps you can get more insight into the problem.
>
>I would like to try that (anything to get this working).  Er...  how do I do
>that?

Under win2k, I have no idea.  Under unix, you'd use "su" or a similar
identity-switching mechanism.  You'll probably have to find a win2k
person to help with that.

Let me also gently suggest that you should take this off-list, as there
have been a lot of messages on your topic already.  


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