Phpbb

[Giancarlo]

I get this error when trying to install PHPBB...

Testing DB Connection...
Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user: 'Giancarlo@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /home/glomar/glomar-www/gc/phpbb/install.php on line 39
Error, I could not connect to the database at localhost. Using username Giancarlo and password &&&&&&&&.
Please go back and try again.

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?

[is0lized]

nice password...

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by is0lized
nice password...

I know... I just put that one in there for no reason... I am going to use a different one.

Now can I get any help or not? Or do I have to go with an remotely hosted one?

[is0lized]

dont think anyone would want to use your database anyways


it looks like your mysql DB wont accept name and pass, have you tried username without the cap in front?

[Giancarlo]

I can't log into my old Freewebspace.net account for some reason.

Anyways, I tried that and it still doesn't work.

[is0lized]

dont tell me that account pass was same as your phpbb pass...

[Bruce]

Well that's not a phpBB error. The error is with your database. Just re-check all the usual stuff. Make sure your username and pass are correct, and you have the right server and database name.

If you do, then you may want to contact your host.

[is0lized]

php is a good board, i used it but i didnt like some of the lack of features

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by is0lized
dont tell me that account pass was same as your phpbb pass...

I don't quite remember since I had the cookie on my computer all the time.

Okay thanks for the help.

[Bruce]

Every feature that phpBB2 is lacking (which isn't many) is available as an addon. http://mods.phpbb.com

[cheatpark]

Originally posted by Phrozen
Every feature that phpBB2 is lacking (which isn't many) is available as an addon. http://mods.phpbb.com
There could be some more admin features.

[Giancarlo]

YESYESYES! I did it! This is a good!

[is0lized]

yes phpbb is lacking some admin features, i think they went for the whole ''lets be original'' theme and tried to do the bets they could without coping vb or any of the other popular forums


good for you, what was wrong with it? did you mess the config up? that is most likly 70% of all installs for backend programing

[Giancarlo]

Oh great now I get this...

Warning: Failed opening 'fix.php' for inclusion in ../auth.php on line 30

Warning: Oops, php3_SetCookie called after header has been sent in ../auth.php on line 264

Warning: Oops, php3_SetCookie called after header has been sent in ../auth.php on line 277

Warning: Oops, php3_SetCookie called after header has been sent in ../functions.php on line 72

Warning: Cannot add more header information - the header was already sent (header information may be added only before any output is generated from the script - check for text or whitespace outside PHP tags, or calls to functions that output text) in /home/glomar/glomar-www/gc/phpbb/admin/index.php on line 49

When trying to log in.

[Giancarlo]

Okay, I just emailed below10 about it instead.

[Giancarlo]

Here is the address of the forums:
http://glomar.net/phpbb/

Can anybody find out what I did wrong?

[Bruce]

You should really install phpBB2.

phpBB 1.x just plain sucks.

[is0lized]

hehe i was just about to say, you installed the wrong version

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by is0lized
hehe i was just about to say, you installed the wrong version

And why would I do that?

Okay forget it... is there an easier to use forum than this one?

[is0lized]

phpbb2 or wbb is very easy to install...

with wbb you have to do alot of customizing of the templates to make it what you want it to look like...


do you want features or look?

[Bruce]

GC, download phpBB2 here. http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0-RC2.zip

[cheatpark]

I heard phpbb 2 puts more load on the server. Anyone know ways of making phpbb 2 faster?

[megapuzik]

Originally posted by cheatpark
I heard phpbb 2 puts more load on the server. Anyone know ways of making phpbb 2 faster?
use gzip

[Giancarlo]

Oh great... looks like PHPBB2 isn't working...

http://glomar.net/phpBB2/

[Bruce]

It looks like you're just having a great time.

Maybe you'll find some info about that at their support forum. http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2

[megapuzik]

show your code

[Giancarlo]

Forget it I am just giving up.

[cheatpark]

Maybe there was an error unzipping it.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by cheatpark
Maybe there was an error unzipping it.

I am just going to go with remotely hosted ones, unless somebody finds me by some miracle one that actually works and is very easy to use. I don't have the time to tinker around with a useless piece of software.

[niv]

If your host doesn't work with phpBB, then just maybe you should stop recommending them, since they can't even handle quite a well-known and widely used PHP/mySQL board.

The software was never useless, your host was.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Hayama-kun
If your host doesn't work with phpBB, then just maybe you should stop recommending them, since they can't even handle quite a well-known and widely used PHP/mySQL board.

The software was never useless, your host was.

It is the software that is crap... crapola... my host supports PHP and MySQL. I will not stop recommending my host because it works. You are useless too because you are unhelpful. :mad:

Just stay the ---- out of my way, I like Below10host. It actually works. I just don't have the patience to get a bulletin board working.

[niv]

*shrug*

You're forgetting that it works elsewhere. There are system requirements for any piece of software, your host just didn't meet them. Duh.

Maybe a simpler board would work: www.phorum.org/

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Hayama-kun
*shrug*

You're forgetting that it works elsewhere. There are system requirements for any piece software, your host just didn't meet them. Duh.

My host does meet those requirements... and since when did you know they don't? Maybe I messed up on installing it, and did something wrong... I just don't have patience to set these small codes and all of this other stuff.

And there is nothing wrong with my host.

I will try that one.

[Giancarlo]

My brain is sorta fried right now.... so I uploaded Phorum up...

But I need to know what to set the directory where everything is written to...

[Giancarlo]

It keeps on giving me this Please check the file permissions error.

[[lhomme]]

Are you CHMODing correctly?

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by [lhomme]
Are you CHMODing correctly?

That is what I want to know... I am doing that in the FTP program.

[niv]

If the scripts are writing configurations to files, then those files have to be 777-if the scripts are creating files, the directory must be 777.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Hayama-kun
If the scripts are writing configurations to files, then those files have to be 777-if the scripts are creating files, the directory must be 777.

Okay, thank you sir.

[Giancarlo]

I still get these file permission errors. I am pretty sure it is not my host, because I asked them if they kept their hardware up-to-date and according to them they do.

I do get a prompt, and under a pull-down menu I choose MySQL.

This is what I am getting:
Warning: fopen("************/settings/forums.php","w") - Permission denied in /functions.php on line 109

Could not open file admin/settings/forums.php. Please check the file permissions.

(I can't reveal the entire directory for security precautions.)

[agent007]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
I still get these file permission errors. I am pretty sure it is not my host, because I asked them if they kept their hardware up-to-date and according to them they do.

I do get a prompt, and under a pull-down menu I choose MySQL.

This is what I am getting:
Warning: fopen("************/settings/forums.php","w") - Permission denied in /functions.php on line 109

Could not open file admin/settings/forums.php. Please check the file permissions.

(I can't reveal the entire directory for security precautions.)
Make sure you have CHMOD'ed functions.php correctly... The script can't open it.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by agent007

Make sure you have CHMOD'ed functions.php correctly... The script can't open it.

I did so... so I am just going to contact my host. I am not paying $29.95 month for nothing. They said they would check it out once I told them the problem. Damn, I love this support... they get back to me in 5 minutes.

[Giancarlo]

I have nearly got this forum working... for some reason the FTP wasn't working so the support did the CHMOD themselves.

I get this error when trying to add a forum:

Could not add forum to the main table (forums). Database error: Unknown column 'id' in 'field list'.

The address is:
http://glomar.net/gc/forum

[is0lized]

hmm i have never had to chmod any files except for directorys when installing a phpboard, thats whats nice it writes everything to a db :)

[AlieXai]

> hmm i have never had to chmod any files except for directorys
> when installing a phpboard, thats whats nice it writes
> everything to a db :)

And I suppose the php boards you have used, wrote the login password and username and etc for the database, into the database itself?

:rolleyes:

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by is0lized
hmm i have never had to chmod any files except for directorys when installing a phpboard, thats whats nice it writes everything to a db :) I think you only have to chmod is when you are installing a cgi board.

[AlieXai]

> I think you only have to chmod is when you are installing a cgi
> board.

You have to CHMOD 666 (or above) whenever the install procedure/script of the forum requires write access to a file. This includes php or perl forums (if you were referring to perl when you said "cgi").

[Giancarlo]

I am posting at the Phorum support forums to see what I can do about this error. Hopefully I will have everything up and running soon.

[is0lized]

dont listen to me this is only a random post.. if im wrong shoot me

when i first saw AX names i thought he was alex kelm...
;)