Newbie Needs Help

[WildWayz]

Hi ya

I just bought this msg board, and my server supports Perl 3.0.7 (I think), MySQL, CGI-BIN etc...

I tried running install.php and get this error when creating the database

Attempting to connect...


Warning: Access denied for user: 'root@satriani.org.uk' (Using password: NO) in db_mysql.php on line 29

Warning: 0 is not a MySQL link index in db_mysql.php on line 37


I was using the default values in config.php apart from I put in the IP address of the server.
This is a virtual domain, not a dedicated server.

Any help?

--James

[Greg]

The default 'localhost' should work just fine....

[Edited by Greg on 06-02-2000 at 03:41 PM]

[WildWayz]

Hi,

thanks mate :)

unfortunatly it has the same error but with
root@localhost instead

My web host just gave me my own dedicated server (for $15 a month) with this spec...
Processor : AMD K6-2 500Mhz
RAM : 64MB
Hard Drive : 13GB
IP's : 1
Bandwidth : 20GB *
Software : Redhat Linux 6.2 / PHP / MySQL / Webmin

Would this be good enough for a low traffic site running this? (I had 140 members)

--James

[werehere]

Yes I think it could make it, but you may need to bump the ram up when there is enough forum traffic.

It sounds like your user does not have permissions to access MySQL, or not the correct permissions, or your not using the correct one. Have you used MySQL on this server before? And if so, are those using the same user, password, and IP?

[WildWayz]

Hi,

I have not used MySQL before. I emailed the webhost (I have 2 webhosts but only one of them will run vBulletin - I just want to get it working on one so I know how to install it onto the other).

Do I need to chmod any files or folders?

Would the MySQL login be the same as my FTP login?

Oh, and this test site is held on Pagecreators.net. The site it will go live on (the dedicated server) is with Vikmar.com.

--James

[Edited by WildWayz on 06-03-2000 at 01:07 AM]

[werehere]

Would the MySQL login be the same as my FTP login?

It could be, but at the same time it could be anything they want to make it, so you probably need to be asking them :)

[WildWayz]

Thanks :)

I emailed PageCreators but I doubt I will get a reply back :(

Would something like phpMySQLAdmin be able to help me, or am I barking up the wrong tree? :)

--James

[werehere]

phpMyAdmin would be great for you probably, but unfortunetly you are going to need the same information that vBulletin needs right now. So it would not help you solve your password/username issues.

If your host will not even tell you that information, then it is time to look for another.

[WildWayz]

Hi ya

Just thought I would let you know...
I got my vBulletin Board working :)
Basically, the webhost who gave me my own dedicated server had MySQL installed, so I created a user account there, then pointed in the .conf file to point to that server with the correct username and password :)

Et voila - worked straight away!

One thing... how do you use templates? =)

--James

[werehere]

Glad to hear it :)

You just find which template is used, and where it is used. Then you have to edit it to display how you would like it to look. You can also add/remove variables that are available. They are very slick, so play around a little bit with them and get the feel for how they work.

[WildWayz]

Hi ya

What I wanted was the ICQ bit added.
How would I go about adding it?

--WildWayz

[Freddie Bingham]

Modiy the postbit template and look for this code :

<IMG SRC="images/quote.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="Reply w/Quote"></A>

Put this after it for icq/aim/yahoo upport

$icq $aim $yahoo

[WildWayz]

Thanks!
That was exactly what I was looking for :)

--WildWayz