[TronPaul]

I've seen all the replies to the various

Could not connect to database "default": [2002]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

but I can't seem to find information on how to set the socket location. Linking the actual socket to the preset socket location seems like a poor solution. Is there a way to set the socket location for the database?

{
                "driver"                        "mysql"
                "socket"                        "/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
                "database"                      "phpbb"
                "user"                          "root"
                "pass"                          "*****"
}

Thanks

[asherkin]

That should work fine.

As the comment at the top of databases.cfg says:

// When specifying "host", you may use an IP address, a hostname, or a socket file path

[11530]

So long as he replaces "socket" with "host" he should be fine.

Note however, TronPaul, that it's best not to use the root user to connect to the database. Create a user for phpbb with only the privileges it needs.