[sork] Cannot connect to external MySQL server

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Seba <free4cd at googlemail.com>:

> Version: Passwd 3.1.1
>
> I use Horde/IMP on a webserver with an own mysql database. User
> accounts and passwords are stored on antoher mysql server. I've
> configured Passwd so far but I when I try to change the password of an
> user I get the message;
>
> Unable to connect to SQL server (Verbindung zum SQL Server kann nicht
> hergestellt werden).
>
> All needed pear modules should be installed like PEAR,Mail,Log,DB...
>
>>> From this webserver I can connect to the remote MySQL server with the
> mysql client (command line) without problems but not with the passwd
> application. The backend.php seems to be correctly configured.
>
>    'params' => array(
>         'phptype'    => 'mysql',
>         'hostspec'   => 'ip of the external server',
>         'username'   => 'hordepwd',
>         'password'   => 'password of the user',
>         'encryption' => 'plain',
>         'database'   => 'mail',
>         'table'      => 'mailbox',
>         'user_col'   => 'username',
>         'pass_col'   => 'password',
>         'show_encryption' => false
>
> On the remote sql server there's no firewall active and the mysql
> server is listening on port 3306.

You miss the 'protocol' entry that should be set to 'tcp'.

Jan.

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