[horde] troubleshooting - DB Error: connect failed

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting Adrian DeBoer <stud_muffin_540 at yahoo.com>:

> 3) You are trying to connect over tcp when the
> database is unix sockets only, or vice versa.
>
> When I connect to my linux box from my windows box -
> I'm using the freeware GUI for mysql - SQLyog - I
> believe it connects TCP....it uses port 3306.

Then it is tcp.  If port 3306 is the default port, then you are probably
okay.

> Does that mean the horde database could be using unix
> sockets??

I don't think so.  It should default to tcp unless you say otherwise.
It sure wouldn't hurt to set the protocol and port in your configuration
though.  But this is probably not where your problem is.

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Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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