And I'm a total *nix noob...my brain hurts.
But, I have enabled php on apache via the terminal and gotten a php mailer to work...kinda.
I have installed mysql..correctly I believe. Now I'm trying to learn how to set it up...all this so I can run a forum on my mac..maybe.
At any rate it is interesting stuff to learn. Anyone else go this route to learning this stuff?
GV

I can probably help you out with some of the application config, but I'm not really up on the specifics of using them on OSX. What exactly is not working?

Now, this is not a Mac bash, but if you are going to be dedicating this machine to your forum (IE, not also using it as a desktop) you should seriously consider installing one of the BSDs or Linux on it. OSX is a good desktop, but it's performance in web hosting and mysql is well known to be sub par.

Right now, I dont think I have mysql dbase configured correctly..I cant install punbb...im getting a .sock file error...
i tried to cd my way to the directory...i dont know the *nix command to list the contents of the directory so I cant see if the file is there. I'll go at it more tomorrow...my brain meats are getting bended.
GV

Try connecting to mysql from the command line. Just type "mysql" and if it connects and/or gives you a user/pass error then mysql is at least running. If it can't connect then mysql hasn't even started.

Type "ls" to list the contents of a directory.

Posted by Washu Try connecting to mysql from the command line. Just type "mysql" and if it connects and/or gives you a user/pass error then mysql is at least running. If it can't connect then mysql hasn't even started. Type "ls" to list the contents of a directory.

Yes, I can access mysql and mysqladmin from the command line. When I try to install punbb I get the error. It seems, a directory isnt present, I think.
I'll have a go at it later and post the exact error.
GV

error i'm recieving,


An error occured on line 58 in file /Library/WebServer/Documents/forum/include/dblayer/mysql.php.


PunBB reported: Unable to connect to MySQL server. MySQL reported: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

GV
ps. thanks for the assistance

Posted by GeoViolator error i'm recieving, An error occured on line 58 in file /Library/WebServer/Documents/forum/include/dblayer/mysql.php. PunBB reported: Unable to connect to MySQL server. MySQL reported: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) GV ps. thanks for the assistance

Looks like you need to edit your php.ini to point to the right sock file.

See if this helps: http://www.agavegroup.com/?p=58

That thread seems to coincide with some other posts I read on it. I'm just trying to get my head around it, and I'm not sure which method to use.
I have another complete noob question, in what order should I start mysql and apache?
And I use the pref panel to start mysql, it says its running, it shows up in the processor threads, but a post I read said to start it manually anyway?(something about manual start writing mysql.sock to a different directory, ie: the correct one)

Well I'm at it, is there anyway to "display" the entire directory tree for a given "folder"?
Thats where I get lost...navigating within the terminal, through "folders" that are invisible to the gui.

Thanks again for all your help
GV

Start order doesn't matter. Apache will run fine without mysql running, but of course you won't be able to connect to any DBs.

I'm not sure about the prefs panel. I'll read some more and look around on my Mac, but as I said I'm not up on the specifics of OSX vs BSD/Linux. The thread I referenced said to edit the php.ini to point it to the directory that mysql.sock gets written to.

"ls -R" will list subdirectories as will the "du" command. OSX is bad for that, you might want to look around for an alternate file manager that shows all directories.

ok..whew..kinda.
MySql is running, got the php.ini file made and modified.
was able to install punbb...
Now, all I get is a blank index.php page..trying to figure it out.
Is changing permissions in the get info window the same as chmod?
thanks again
GV

Find out where the apache log files are and take a look at the error log in a text editor and it might give you some hint as to why the page is not loading.

As for the permissions thing, I would assume that yes they are the same, but I'm not 100% on that.

woohoo...I made it!.
My config.php had 1 wrong character in it.
Thanks again for all your help, the ls command helped most.
GV