You are correct. It was a typo. Good thing I don't work at a nuclear power plant. Thanks <div>On 9/21/07, Paul Nelson <<a href="mailto:pnelson.k12@gmail.com"> pnelson.k12@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 9/20/07, Ken Johnson <<a href="mailto:ken.tech1@gmail.com"> ken.tech1@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > I reinstalled K12LTSP twice, followed the Moodle Howto twice, both times wit > the same result. The setup created what it was supposed to, I run SHOW > DATABASES and the Moodle Database shows up. Service mysql start shows ok. > > Is it a permissions issue? How should it be set? > > Whatever mistake I'm making, I'm consistent (both installs) > > I'm almost over the goal line, but I'm a few yards short. > > > On 9/20/07, Immanuel Derks <<a href="mailto:I.Derks@translucent.nl">I.Derks@translucent.nl</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > > I get an error message in red that says: > > > > > > "We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your > > > database settings." > > > > > > What am I doing wrong and how do I check the database settings? Make sure you have the right database name, password and user. You can test this by logging into mysql with your moodle user name. mysql -u moodleusername -p (replace moodle username with yours) mysql wiil ask you for your password and if you get it right, you'll be able to login. These are the same usernames and passwords you should be entering in the web based moodle install but instead, you're testing them in a terminal window. Once you're in mysql you can test the database name by typing: use moodledb; (replace with name of your database.) Be sure you deal with step 14 in the howto and address selinux issues. If you are sure you have the right database info and you've set permissions on the moodledata directory correctly then you can go ahead an manually edit the site/default/settings.php file, but from the error message you're getting I'm 99.999% sure that you have a typo in your database name, username or password. ;-) Paul _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com </a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></div>