[Forum] database error emails

[owlbassboy]

ok i got up today to 4 emails about database errors from the forum

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
/home/ste/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 314

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Request Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 04:51:18 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 04:51:20 PM
Script : http://thenanoreef.co.uk/forum/showt...ys-nano/page11
Referrer :
IP Address : 95.108.157.252
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
/home/ste/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 314

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Request Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 04:51:18 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 04:51:20 PM
Script : http://thenanoreef.co.uk/forum/showt...530&viewfull=1
Referrer :
IP Address : 66.249.71.43
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
/home/ste/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 314

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Request Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 10:49:33 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 10:49:33 PM
Script : http://thenanoreef.co.uk/forum/showt...410&viewfull=1
Referrer :
IP Address : 66.249.71.43
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
/home/ste/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 314

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Request Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 10:49:35 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, January 12th 2011 @ 10:49:35 PM
Script : http://thenanoreef.co.uk/forum/
Referrer :
IP Address : 66.249.71.43
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

i have no idea what has caused these. i have read here http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/...to-server.html but it has just really confused me, can anyone give me that in laymans terms

[orillia]

I received six of these this morning, after upgrading a client's forum last night. My spidey sense says it's because I used a shortcut, and uploaded MY install archive to his server, and validated the upgrade with MY customer number. What baffles me is that the config.php file was correctly configured. But somehow HIS server picked up on MY e-mail address and database name.

Hopefully a guru here can explain how this could happen. I re-upgraded the client's site with his own install archive and customer number, and we will see if the error reappears.

I wonder if it's possible that my ftp client cached the file last night before I was done editing it. For the life of me, I can't see how else this could be happening. And I deleted the one off the server instead of inspecting it first. So now I will never know.

[owlbassboy]

i havent been changing anything on the server, oh actually i did add in a .htaccess file to change mod_security. could that have affected it?

[Lynne]

MySQL can't connect (through socket):

See this page for the causes of this error: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/cantconnect

[owlbassboy]

yeah the link at the bottom of my post it the link from your link and it doesnt make any sense

[Lynne]

Basically, if the information in your config.php file is correct, then this is a server issue and you should talk to your host about it.

[owlbassboy]

ok brilliant ill have a chat with him and see where it gets me.