Re: Cannot connect to external MySQL server

Jan Schneider wrote:

> Zitat von Seba <[email protected]>:
>
>> 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'.

thank you - I've missed that... Now passwd can connect to the remote server.

Seba
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