What is the problem in changig localhost in houndreds of scripts, ou can do that with a script or a good text editor that has the function Replace in Files... can do the trick. I dont think that editing the host file to make localhost point to the other machine is a good practice. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Operator" <operator@xxxxxxxxx> To: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:57 AM Subject: MySQL - separating web and database servers > Hi everyone, > > I need to put my database server on the another machine - how can I > configure system(Debian Linux)/php/mysql etc. to make it work without > changing all 'localhost' in a hundreds of customer's scripts? > > The problem is, when localhost is specified as a host the connection is made > using unix socket, not TCP (is it possible to change this?). I tried to > export the socket from database server via NFS, but with no success: > > (...) > munmap(0x2e1f2000, 4096) = 0 > rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 > socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3 > fcntl64(3, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) > connect(3, {sin_family=AF_UNIX, path="/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"}, > 110) > = -1 ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused) > shutdown(3, 2 /* send and receive */) = 0 > close(3) = 0 > (...) > > Any ideas? > > Regards > Piotr Babula > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php