G2 Database problem/question - can't connect to MySQL Server
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Groovykid
Joined: 2005-05-05
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Posted: Mon, 2005-05-23 16:50
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I have Gallery1 and have been enjoying it very much. I have not had any major problems with gallery1 but would like to try out gallery2. In the installation process I received the following error on Step 5: Warning: mysql_connect(): Host '[My IP]' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server in /var/www/images/gallery2/lib/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339 I had our web admin setup the database and password for me, but I think it is needing more permissions for this to work. I don't have root permission for our Linux server so I cannot change any of the permission. My question is thus: Is my error coming up because my MySQL database does not have the right permissions? or is this another problem? I would change the permissions but I cannot easily without having to tell my Web admin. Is there anyway to bypass this step? What is the database used for anyway? I am not quite sure why G1 would work so well but G2 is not getting past this step... |
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first, try leaving the host field blank.
if this doesn't work, you have to talk to the admin. report him the problem. he will have to change a general mysql config file to accept connections from your host.
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hmm. Leaving the host field blank does not make any difference. Thanks for the tip though. Perhaps I will stick with G1 for a while.