php, is probably resolving localhost, to its' bound external ip,
or something other than 127.0.0.1 (in your hosts file, make
sure that localhost is in it.) or change the user's host in the
mysql.user table to localhost.localdomain, which will work too.
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Guys,
I appreciate your input very much. This machine is a standalone unit.
That's why I'm using "localhost". The user account has already been
set-up in MySQL with the correct privileges, and I'm able to login at
the console command prompt using "mysql -h localhost -u pauld -p
my_pwd", with
