[Suite] vBulletin 4.2.x install problem on MAMP

[rocketpig]

Like the thread title says, I'm having problems getting a test version of vBulletin running on MAMP. I have the ports set correctly (3306 in both vB and MAMP), the user/pw are correct (root/blank), the database name is consistent (vbulletin), and I still get this error:

The database has failed to connect because you do not have permission to connect to the server. Please confirm the values entered in the

includes/config.php
file

Error description: mysql_connect()

function.mysql-connect

: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

/Users

/rocketpig

/Documents

/WebServer

/includes

/class_core.php on line 317

We have a live version of the site running and I'm taking over tech duties for it. I wanted a clean local install of vB on my machine to explore the interface.

Is there something I'm missing here? Is it possible that I created the database using the wrong format? I used the typical "Collation" "utf8_general_ci" settings.

I'm at a loss here. Getting a little frustrated over it.

[Lynne]

Well, the error says Access Denied. So, it sounds like you didn't grant your "root" mysql user full permissions to your database.

[rocketpig]

Well, the error says Access Denied. So, it sounds like you didn't grant your "root" mysql user full permissions to your database.

It's the default user and the only user in MySQL. I even did a re-install of MAMP to make sure all the settings were clear in case I changed something way back when and forgot about it.

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Oh, I figured it out. A process was running that was buggering up the MySQL server. Sigh... It's always the little obscure things that take the most time to troubleshoot.