SnakeMan

I've never used MySQL so please be nice to this noob.

Attached is a screen shot from my Cp and I would like to know what exactly is put into the various boxes. What I want to do is put a CMS on a website I'm attempting to put together for a family website. I plan on using the e107 CMS since it seems to have what we want,

I just have no idea where to start.

Any and all help is greatle appreciated.

SnakeMan

H

First thing you do is create a database.

Second, you make a user and a password.

Third, you add that user to the database. You can ignore the checkboxes for simplicity sake, but in the future, you may want to learn what they mean to bring added security to your site.

Kayla

Wow, excellent explanation there.

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H

But I spelled thing as 'think'. It's now corrected with my uber MySQL database hacking skills. Did I mention I once killed a MySQL server at the college?

SnakeMan

Thanks Haugland.

Now another question...

The install instructions say to set permissions on certain files to 777 but I rememer reading here in the forums that 777 is not permitted anymore and I should set thm to 755 if I remember correctly. Is that correct?

SnakeMan

David

Some servers won't let you use it. You may be able to try 707 as well, but it just depends on the script you're using. I know some only check for 777, not if the permissions are enough.

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Kayla

You're on Pass43 which does not have phpsuexec enabled right now, so it's ok to set it to 777.

Later down the road, we can discuss the changes you would have to make.

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SnakeMan

Thanks David and Kayla.

Everything went fine until I got to the last step where I got the following error:

The installer could not select database: "snakeman_e107"

MySql Reported Error:
Access denied for user: 'snakeman_callocalhost' to database 'snakeman_e107"

I went back to my control panel and double checked the database name and it is correct and the username is also correct.

Any suggestions?

SnakeMan

David

Run through this and double check against what you've done:

http://www.ninehours.com/tutorials/4/

Sounds like your password might not be right.

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