Hello all, I'm pretty new to MySQL, but have managed to create a database that is accessed via PHP which then creates tables from the MySQL data.
Currently, I am using the root user/password combo to grab the info (which means the password is plaintext in the PHP). I wanted to use the my.cnf to define the password, but no matter where I put the file (/etc/my.cnf, /var/lib/mysql/, /var/lib/mysql/[databasename], /root, /home/mysql/.my.cnf) my query won't seem to hit the my.cnf file which has the following in it: (note: it doesn't have a username defined.) [client] password=mypassword my database is called 'assets' and it's located in: /var/lib/mysql/assets I have a mysql user defined: mysql:x:100:101:MySQL server:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/bash The php stuff is located in a single directory: /var/www/html/assets Yet when I try to access the page (which works when the password is passed in the php), I get: Warning: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) in /var/www/html/assets/fetch-new.php on line 6 Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Using password: NO) in /var/www/html/assets/fetch-new.php on line 6 fetch-new.php's line 6 (and 7) looks like this: $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); mysql_select_db("assets",$db); I've checked out the mysql.com's documentation, and I've tried putting the my.cnf file in every place they reference, but it doesn't seem to work via this PHP. When I connect from the command line (on the Linux box), it *does* work, so it seems that the /etc/my.cnf file is being checked at that point, but isn't being checked in the php. Does anyone see/know a fix? I'm out of ideas. Thanks in advance, Chris -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]