[imp] MySql prefs problem

[Seth Fitzsimmons]

I was having this problem too.  Not sure if this solution has been
provided yet (as they're not directly Horde related), but here goes.  
Make sure 'mysql.default_socket' (in php.ini) is set right.  It doesn't
always pick the right mysql.sock automatically (php was looking for
/tmp/mysql.sock when it was really /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock).

Another thing to check is the permissions on the directories leading up to
mysql.sock are open enough so that the apache user can actually get at the
socket (on a rackspace system, this was forcing me to use the hostname
rather than localhost until I figured out what it was).

Hope this helps.
seth

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 impuser@bitrealm.com wrote:

> I've read everything I can find, but can't get this to work.  I have the latest 
> horde/imp from CVS.  I'm running php-4.0.5 (4.0.6 doesn't want to compile at 
> the moment).  The test.php shows everything fine, I can log into imp no problem 
> and send mail.  What doesn't work is saving prefs.
> 
> Running MySql-3.23-28-1, Linux PPC kernel 2.4.7-pre2, imap 2000, and php-4.0.5.
> 
> I think IMP is just not connecting to the database at all, but the "Options" 
> icon appears when I log into IMP.  I was running the released version of 
> Horde/IMP with MySql no problem before.  I dropped the horde database, re-
> created it using the scripts in horde/scripts/db.  I edited 
> horde/config/horde.php with:
> 
> $conf['prefs']['driver'] = 'sql';
> $conf['prefs']['params'] = array();
> $conf['prefs']['params']['phptype']  = 'mysql';
> $conf['prefs']['params']['hostspec'] = 'localhost';
> $conf['prefs']['params']['protocol'] = 'unix';
> $conf['prefs']['params']['username'] = 'hordemgr';
> $conf['prefs']['params']['password'] = '****';
> $conf['prefs']['params']['database'] = 'horde';
> $conf['prefs']['params']['table']    = 'horde_prefs';
> 
> I can log into the database fine from the command line as hordemgr.  I can't 
> find any log files showing errors.  When I try to go to Options>Personal 
> Information, Edit Your Identities, then create a new identity, it says the new 
> identity has been saved and it shows up in the drop-down,  but if I go back to 
> Options>Personal Information, the drop-down doesn't show the new identity I 
> created.
> 
> Anything else I can check?  I feel like I'm soooo close.
> 
> Brent Olson
> impuser@bitrealm.com
> 
>