Re: Problem connecting

Patrick Galbraith <[email protected]> Wed, 17 May 2006 11:32:19 -0700
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.db.mysql.perl
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza O. wrote:

Hector,

hmmm, try perhaps setting a DBD->trace and see what exactly the script 
is doing. I'm a bit baffled why it won't work. It worked before your 
change for PHP right?

regards,

Patrick

>Patrick:
>
>I tried already replacing localhost with hostname and ip address and i get
>the same result, I can connect using mysql command but not the script.
>
>Regarding the user, I thought also that I messed up the user, I deleted the
>user and create it again, I used for this command line and "MySQL
>Administrator" tool and in both I got the same result.
>
>As far as the old_password in mysql 4.1 there was a change in password
>hashing, I've searched everywhere and found that since 4.1 there's been a
>lot of problems specially with php regarding this change in password
>hashing, the new app I was trying to install required old_password=1 in the
>/etc/my.cfg and a change in the password SET OLD_PASSWORD('secret') instead
>of SET PASSWORD('secret')
>
>Regarding my password having characters that need to be escaped, I have
>none, it's just letters [aA..zZ] and numbers [0..9], so the password
>escaping is not the issue also.
>
>The weird thing and why I think is perl (DBD, DBI) the problem is that I can
>connect to mysql via the command line with the same user, password, host and
>database and the perl script can't.
>
>Regarding the email receipt, sorry, it's a security issue on the company,
>actually I don't have it configured on my mail tool, but it's enforced by
>the mail server. I'll try to contact the sysadmin to turn you off email
>receipt.
>
>Thanks again for the help
>
>HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza Ortiz
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: Patrick Galbraith [mailto:[email protected]] 
>Enviado el: MiÃ©rcoles, 17 de Mayo de 2006 01:08 p.m.
>Para: "HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza O."
>CC: [email protected]
>Asunto: Re: Problem connecting
>
>HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza O. wrote:
>
>If your password has some characters that need to be escaped and aren't, 
>perhaps that might be the issue. Try changing to a alphanumeric password 
>(using GRANT syntax) if your current password has non-alphanumeric 
>characters.
>
>btw - please turn off the email receipt confirmation to me ;)
>
>  
>
>>Here is another log file running mysql with --log=/tmp/connections.log
>>
>>[root@chihuahua root]# cat /tmp/connections.log
>>/usr/sbin/mysqld-max, Version: 4.1.10a-Max-log. started with:
>>Tcp port: 3306  Unix socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
>>Time                 Id Command    Argument
>>060517 12:59:08       1 Connect     Access denied for user
>>    
>>
>'web'@'localhost'
>  
>
>>(using password: YES)
>>060517 12:59:22       2 Connect     web@localhost on planos
>>060517 12:59:23       2 Quit
>>[root@chihuahua root]#
>>
>>Connection 1 is from the script, connection 2 is from the 'mysql -u web -h
>>localhost -p planos'
>>
>>I already double checked passwords and I'm typing in both the same password
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza Ortiz
>>
>>-----Mensaje original-----
>>De: Patrick Galbraith [mailto:[email protected]] 
>>Enviado el: MiÃ©rcoles, 17 de Mayo de 2006 12:36 p.m.
>>Para: "HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza O."
>>CC: [email protected]
>>Asunto: Re: Problem connecting
>>
>>HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza O. wrote:
>>
>>Hector,
>>
>>What I mean, is the database error log.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Here is the log from the web server...
>>>
>>>
>>>[Tue May 16 21:22:54 2006] [error] [client 10.0.10.1] DBI
>>>connect('planos;localhost','web',...) failed: Access denied for user
>>>'web'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at
>>>/ispman/domains/elpaseo.com.mx/vhosts/planos/cgi-bin/planos.pl line 25
>>>[Tue May 16 21:22:54 2006] [error] [client 10.0.10.1] 1 at
>>>/ispman/domains/elpaseo.com.mx/vhosts/planos/cgi-bin/planos.pl line 25.
>>>
>>>Here is the log if I run it from the shell
>>>
>>>[root@chihuahua cgi-bin]# ./planos.pl
>>>Content-type: text/html
>>>
>>><html>
>>><head>
>>><title>Planos Centro Comercial El Paseo Tehuacan</title>
>>></head>
>>>
>>><body bgcolor="white">
>>>
>>>DBI connect('planos;localhost','web',...) failed: Access denied for user
>>>'web'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at ./planos.pl line 25
>>>Error al conectarse con la base de datos
>>>
>>>
>>>1 at ./planos.pl line 25.
>>>[root@chihuahua cgi-bin]#
>>>
>>>Here is if I run it from mysql
>>>
>>>[root@chihuahua cgi-bin]# mysql -u web -h localhost -p planos
>>>Enter password:
>>>Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
>>>Your MySQL connection id is 92 to server version: 4.1.10a-Max-log
>>>
>>>Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
>>>
>>>mysql> quit
>>>Bye
>>>[root@chihuahua cgi-bin]#
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza Ortiz
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Mensaje original-----
>>>De: Patrick Galbraith [mailto:[email protected]] 
>>>Enviado el: MiÃ©rcoles, 17 de Mayo de 2006 12:16 p.m.
>>>Para: "HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza O."
>>>CC: [email protected]
>>>Asunto: Re: Problem connecting
>>>
>>>HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza O. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Hello all, 
>>>>
>>>>Sorry I forgot to mention, I'm using the program in Linux, perl is v5.8.3
>>>>and MySQL is 4.1.10a.
>>>>
>>>>The script was working perfectly until I installed a php application that
>>>>required old_password set to 1 and an account with old password, thinking
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>it
>>>
>>>
>>>   
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>>>      
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>>>>would not affect anything, I switched to old_password and changed
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>passwords
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>>for old_password, the new app worked fine and 5 min  later I received a
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>call
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>that the rest of the apps where not working, I switched back to
>>>>old_password=0 switched again old_passwords to new passwords and still
>>>>        
>>>>
>not
>  
>
>>>>working.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>HÃ©ctor S. Mendoza Ortiz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Hector,
>>>
>>>What does the error log say?
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>
>>>Patrick
>>>
>>>
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