> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of John Doe > Sent: 02 September 2009 14:13 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: Cacti Installation on CentOS 5 > > From: Gabriel - IP Guys <Gabriel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'. Please make > sure > > you have specified a valid MySQL database name in > 'include/config.php' > > > > The database configuration in config.php is correct, and is readable, > > because if I change the hostname, the error message changes > accordingly. > > I can connect to the MySQL database just fine with the configuration > > information that is in config.php. Any ideas would be appreciated - > If > > this become too off topic, someone feel free to say so. > > Checked about hostname vs socket connection to mysql? > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to- > server.html > > JD > Thank you JD! (But I can't do this all on my own, no I know, I'm no superman!) In case this doesn't make sense, Google the words in brackets I can connect locally from the CLI to mysql, and I have a number of website using the mysql also running on that system. But thank you for the tips _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos