Saying that the database doesn't exists would be giving to much
information to potential atackers triying to connect
2012/2/17 Ishmael <stahl.k...@gmail.com>:
> Thanks for the reply. The solution to the problem was excruciatingly
> simple. I accidentally capitalized the name of the database, when the
> actual name is not capitalized. (Why on Earth doesn't the error
> message say: "The database 'Mydatabase' doesn't exist." ?)
>
> Thanks a lot for your time anyway!
>
>
> On Feb 17, 8:31 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:55:14 -0800 (PST), Ishmael <stahl.k...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1044, "Access denied for user
>> >'myuser'@'%' to database 'Mydatabase'")
>>
>> >My settings file contains:
>>
>> >DATABASES = {
>> > 'HOST': 'my.url.com', # Set to empty
>> >string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
>> > 'PORT': '3306', # Set to empty string for
>> >default. Not used with sqlite3.
>> > }
>> >}
>>
>> >How do I get rid of the '%' percent symbol for the local hostname?
>>
>> One -- you aren't using "localhost" to connect. Is MySQL's port open
>> to connections asking for "my.url.com". That is, rather than connecting
>> to (localhost, MySQLPort) you are connecting via (my.url.com,
>> MySQLPort). {BTW: you may also be caught be another twitch -- about a
>> quarter way downhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connecting.html
>> """
>> On Unix, MySQL programs treat the host name localhost specially, in a
>> way that is likely different from what you expect compared to other
>> network-based programs. For connections to localhost, MySQL programs
>> attempt to connect to the local server by using a Unix socket file.
>> """
>>
>> Second -- if the port is open, have you added your user/password to
>> the NON-localhost account table (% is the wildcard for connecting host
>> address). The local tools are using localhost, not "my.url.com" to
>> connect.
>> --
>> Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
>> wlfr...@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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