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[mambo] MySQL username/password problem on Mac.

Edward J. Weinberg nylug at q5comm.com
Mon Mar 21 13:07:19 EST 2005


Are you using username at hostname?
It could be a hostname permission thing.

On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 11:30 -0500, leam at reuel.net wrote:
> This isn't a Mac/Mambo issue, I tested out the install procedure on a remote machine. SO it's something in the mix of Mambo/MySQL/Apache/PHP on the Mac. I'll poke it in a bit and make sure the default install on a Mac works with Mambo.
> 
> ciao!
> 
> leam
> 
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 07:11:06PM -0500, inforequest wrote:
> > Sorry I can't post more helpful info, but this has happened to me 
> > several times on different boxes with different Mambos since version 4. 
> > No obvious explanation, but a fresh install sometimes won't recognize 
> > the root pw assigned. After a whle I just accepted the fact that with 
> > Mambo I should never specify a pw on install, accept the random one, log 
> > in, and change the pw.
> > 
> > I was never able to fix the issue, even with a re-install, unless I went 
> > into MySQL and added an MD5(pw) manually.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > leam leam-at-reuel.net |nyphp mambo list 022005| wrote:
> > 
> > >That particular pw is a bad one, it is just alpha characters. I'll go
> > >over the stuff tonight or in the AM and make sure everything is running
> > >like it should.
> > >
> > >Of course, we may have nice weather for the weekend...
> > >
> > >ciao!
> > >
> > >leam
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > >>On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 05:58:34 -0500, leam at reuel.net <leam at reuel.net> wrote:
> > >>   
> > >>
> > >>>During the Mambo install, at the database part, I enter the username
> > >>>     
> > >>>
> > >and password and I get a "Passwrod or username" is invalid. I tried the
> > >root user, and I tried going from "localhost" to the machines name. Yes,
> > >Mitch, I tried a different browser...I think...  :)
> > > 
> > >
> > 
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