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Hey,

I'm new to serendipity, and server hosting as well.
Anyways, I'm trying to install Serendipity onto my powweb account, and I have all the files in the right place and everything but I'm getting an error when trying to complete the install.

The mySQL error was: Access denied for user 'yeti_foxtrot'@'cgi0702.int.bizland.net' (using password: YES)

Can anybody help?

Hi!

You get this message because the connection credentials to your database server is wrong. Please check it, and make sure you are using the database name, username, host and password that your provider gave you.

Regards,
Garvin

Okay, I was able to confirm everything and successfully install. I feel great.

However, when clicking to view my new blog I get this error:

serendipity error: unable to connect to database - exiting.

!!!.

After install a page with this info came up.

Checking to see if the database and tables already exist... they do not
Creating default database setup... Done
Creating primary author 'yeti_foxtrot'... Done
Setting default template... Done
Installing default plugins... Done
Attempting to write .htaccess file...... Done

I'm wondering if my lack of already existing database and tables is my problem? I have no idea.

Thanks.

Hi!

Did you change anything in the database or in any of the s9y files after installation? This sounds odd.

Especially, check your serendipity_config_local.inc.php file and see if it contains the right DB credentials?

Regards,
Garvin

My serendipity_config_local file looks fine

All except for


$serendipity['dbPrefix'] = 'serendipity_';


I just have no idea what that means? or if thats normal.

Hi!

That variable is set to what your table names are called (like serendipity_entries, serendipity_config). That setting is usually the default.

If your credentials are right, I don't see why s9y can't connect to your database. Can you contact yoru provider and ask him if he can find an issue?

Regards,
Garvin

I use PowWeb, too. The data in you serendipity_config_local should identically match what you use to log in with phpMyAdmin. With the new MySQL upgrade, that means your server should be {ops-username}.powwebmysql.com, your user and pass should be whatever you created for Serendipity in the MySQL tab, and type should be 'mysql'.

Make sure you use the OPS user name, not the MySQL user name, for the server. For instance, for a user who logs in to OPS as "bob", the server would be bob.powwebmysql.com, regardless of what his blog admin's username or MySQL admin's username would be.