Silver Fox wrote:
> I just got this problem...
>
> bin/mysql -h localhost -u root
> logs me into MySQL at the command line
>
> However, the CGI script for Apache webserver gave me an error connecting to
> the database
> $source = "DBI:mysql:red:localhost";
> $username = "root";
> $password = "";
>
> Did any of you ever face this problem before??
> BTW, I'm running Mandrake Linux...
It is probably a problem with the permissions of the /path/to/mysql.sock. The
web server usually runs as user nobody so make sure that the path to the
mysql.sock has world read and execute.
--Bill
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