Posted by davids58 on 10/23/06 22:34

Sorry to be so dense. See reponses below

Erwin Moller wrote:

> rightclick the file -> select properties
> -> select security (or whatever W$ named that on your OS)
> -> check if IUSR_<machinename> is listed there.
> If not, add with readrights.

DRS: The windows properties view doesn't provide a 'add readrights'
feature. By 'machinename', I assume you mean the computer name. There
also is not ability to address computer name in a file's properties
view.
>
> IUSR_<machinename> should be replaced by the user on your machine.
> So if your server has the name blabla2, this user is called IUSR_blabla2.

DRS: is the server name the same as the computer name? Are we talking
about the web server (apache) here?
>
> It works like this: When IIS gets a request for a certain
> file/page/whatever, it tries to open it.
> For that it need rights to read the file. Makes sense eh?
> So last piece of the puzzle: Who is IIS when it open a file? Answer: IIS
> runs as user IUSR_<machinename>

DRS: As I mention above, I'm using Apache. FYI, Apache is serving up
pages just fine. It's the php->mysql interface that's the problem. It's
not clear to me that apache could/should know anything about mysql.

FYI, I've checked out phpMyAdmin's graphical setup facility but I
really don't know what I need to do. I have selected mysqli as the php
extension to use but beyond that, I'm not sure what to do.

Here are a couple of snapshots of the setup utility:

1. Initial screen:
http://www.drschwartz.net/personal/...min_setup_1.jpg
2. Configuration overview:
http://www.drschwartz.net/personal/...min_setup_2.jpg

Any additional help would be greatly appreciated!

David

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