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[mambo] MySQL username/password problem on Mac.

leam at reuel.net leam at reuel.net
Sat Mar 19 11:30:09 EST 2005


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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