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Database connection issue on initial install. (5 posts)

  1. MikeonTV
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    I have placed the files from the wordpress-mu zip into my server folder and I have a database/user set up (with all permissions) ready to go. I have the htaccess.dist file untouched and still have only the wp-config-sample.php in the folder (no wp-config.php file though).

    When i go to my index.php I get the
    Error establishing a database connection when going to my site. I still have not been able to access the install page.

  2. rockyteng
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    i think the problem that you came with is you cant not access the index.php page,right?

    if it was,
    i think you can change the URL from
    http://localhost/wordpressmu/index.php
    to
    http://youripaddress/wordpressmu/index.php

    have a try
    Rocky

  3. tmoorewp
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Error establishing a database connection means that your WPMU install is not seeing MySQL. Either the information you entered during the install is bad or MySQL is not running on your server.

  4. MikeonTV
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    I have not yet done the install so it can't be anything like MYSQL - which is working fine. Also I don't have the WPMU in a wordpressmu/ folder. The issue feels like something with permissions or htaccess.dist

  5. tdjcbe
    Member
    Posted 14 years ago #

    Might be permissions of the mysql user. Does it have access to the database you;re trying to use?

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