cant access my vanilla forum

russ

hi all, i am getting this message when i try to access my forum Error Message The connection to the database failed: Affected Elements MySQL.OpenConnection(); The error occurred on or near: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections can anyone suggest a fix?

sirlancelot

It appears there are too many connections to the MySQL server you are connecting to.

If you want someone to provide a better answer, please provide some more details about your setup. We can't suggest a fix simply from the info you've provided.

Oreganoflow

I'm getting a similar error message:

The connection to the database failed:
Affected Elements
MySQL.OpenConnection();

The error occurred on or near: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

bjorn

This will happen if you have an empty password for you mysql connection. On my dev machine I have this (just a root account with no pass). Installing Vanilla went fine (I got the warning message letting me know this was a potential security risk, so it looked like Vanilla would handle it fine). But after install I got the message above. So, just create another user for use like this: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'localuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'localpassword' Then delete conf/settings.php and conf/database.php, DROP the database, CREATE the database and install Vanilla again with db username / password: localuser/localpassword

Vinny788

Exactly what bjorn said :D So yea, I thought that maybe there was an error in your MySQL password, but his idea sounds more fitting. ~Vinny