Jan wrote: > Thank you for the numerous responses! Except the solution to change > "localhost" to "127.0.0.1" in the whole script, I tried everything you
Do try that then. I dont know the script at hand, but it cannot be that many places that creates a database connection, can it? IIRC, localhost implies file socket, and even if I'm wrong, it requires a name lookup, and you might be missing /etc stuff in the chroot. > proposed. It still doesn't work. Here a short review: > > === Are you trying to connect to the MySQL socket outside of the httpd > chroot? > ===> after having run "apachectl start", I tried the same process using > "httpd -u". But nothing changed. You did mean you killed httpd in between, yes? > > > === mysql -h localhost -u root -p > Works perfect. "mysql -h localhost -u joomla -p" works also. How about "mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -P 3306 -u joomla -p" ? /Alexander > > === Have a look in /var/www/logs/ > ===>in the errorlog of the folder is no entry. access_log shows up: > 172.16.172.130 -- [09/Mar/2010:09:47:26 -0700] "POST" > /user01/installation/index.php HTTP/1.1" 200 4270 > > === At the very least you'll also need the php5-mysql-5.2.6.tgz package > installed as well. > ===> php5-mysql and php5-mysqli packets are installed both > > === At the very least you'll also need the php5-mysql-5.2.6.tgz package > installed as well. > ==> That's the output of the mysql part in the phpinfo();: > > mysql > > MySQL Support enabled > > active persistent links 0 > active links 0 > client api version 5.0.51a > mysql_module_type external > mysql_socket /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock > mysql_include -I/usr/local/include/mysql > mysql_libs -L/usr/local/include/mysql > > > directive local value master value > > mysql.allow_persistent On On > mysql.connect_timeout 60 60 > mysql.default_host no value no value > mysql.default_password no value no value > mysql.default_port no value no value > mysql.default_socket no value no value > mysql.default_user no value no value > mysql.max_links Unlimited Unlimited > mysql.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited > mysql.trace_mode Off Off > > > > Thank you! > > Jan
