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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: joomla
got it working! Thanks. I had to delete everything in the sites directory
and unpack joomla again to trigger the reinstall of joomla but it's all
working. yipee!
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Tom Haws <> wrote:

> Hmm. These are always a headache to install when you are new. You are
> almost there now. Did you set up the Joomla admin username and password
> somewhere? I assume those would be in the configuration.php file. One
> possible approach is to delete that file and see if you can trigger Joomla
> to redo the installation now that you have the MySQL set up correctly. It
> wouldn't be a bad refresher. ???
>
> Tp,
>
> --
> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you
> will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>
>> I found instructions to:
>>
>> Check your tmp and logs folder paths inside the main configuration.php
>> file and make sure those folders are world writeable, 777 should work…
>>
>> And I changed the permissions of those two folders. Unfortunately, now
>> when I load the admin page I am told:
>>
>> Warning
>>
>> Username and password do not match or you do not have an account yet.
>>
>> But I just got done creating it for sure!
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Tom. So I need to create a new MySL for every site.
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Tom Haws <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm no wizard at this, but I always start mysql like this:
>>>>
>>>> mysql -uroot -p
>>>>
>>>> Now, are you saying you gave Joomla the mysql root username and
>>>> password to use?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you
>>>> will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> so is this for each 'site' I create? I did create a user and I am told:
>>>>>
>>>>> An error occurred while trying to create the database
>>>>> onlineworkfinder.us.
>>>>> The user may not have enough privileges to create a database. The
>>>>> required database may need to be created separately before you can install
>>>>> Joomla!.
>>>>>
>>>>> which says he doesn't have the proper permissions.. But the username
>>>>> is 'root'. Doesn't that mean he has permission to do anything? Please, tell
>>>>> me what I need to do to give him the permissions he needs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, this is strange: I can start mysql as my user but not with sudo.
>>>>>
>>>>> $ sudo mysql
>>>>> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using
>>>>> password: NO)
>>>>>
>>>>> So what do I need to do?
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Tom Haws <> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You do need to create a MySQL user and database for Joomla. And you
>>>>>> do need to give that user all the required permissions on the Joomla
>>>>>> database. Then all you have to tell Joomla is the name of the database and
>>>>>> the MySQL username and password.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return,
>>>>>> you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think I know what I need to do.... add my user to the mysql group
>>>>>>> (or whatever it is called).
>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> so how do I set it up correctly? I mean it was working!
>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> but before I created the link it went to the admin page.
>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:41 PM, keith smith <
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sounds like your install is not installed correctly.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> Keith Smith
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --- On *Tue, 2/26/13, Michael Havens <>* wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> From: Michael Havens <>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: joomla
>>>>>>>>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <>
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 3:05 PM
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've already installed it on my local machine. The reason I'm
>>>>>>>>>> thinking I need a database for each webpage is that I created a link to the
>>>>>>>>>> webpage's location in /var/www in an experiment to be able to not store the
>>>>>>>>>> page in /var/www but rather in ~/Documents/<etc> . Then when I went to the
>>>>>>>>>> admin page it wanted to setup joomla again.
>>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:55 AM, keith smith <
>>>>>>>>>> <http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>
>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mike,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It appears you are thinking a DB is a physical thing like a
>>>>>>>>>> static webpage. It is physical in that it resides on your file system,
>>>>>>>>>> however it is not like a static webpage.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Take a look at these tutorials
>>>>>>>>>> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/tutorial.html. They
>>>>>>>>>> should help you understand the what and how of databases, specifically
>>>>>>>>>> MySql.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Here is some PHP info on how to work with MySql databases
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/set.mysqlinfo.php.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I would recommend understanding the basics before trying to
>>>>>>>>>> install Joomla on your local LAMP install.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> Keith Smith
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --- On *Tue, 2/26/13, Michael Havens <<http://mc/compose?to=bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> >* wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> From: Michael Havens <<http://mc/compose?to=bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: joomla
>>>>>>>>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <<http://mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 12:27 AM
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I was thinking..... Do you need to create a new database for
>>>>>>>>>> every new website? If so I think I need to chown the database or maybe add
>>>>>>>>>> it to a group.
>>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Michael Havens <
>>>>>>>>>> <http://mc/compose?to=bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> why is it asking for database info?! oh bother.
>>>>>>>>>> well I tried to create a database but this is the error it gives:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> An error occurred while trying to create the database
>>>>>>>>>> onlineworkfinder.us.
>>>>>>>>>> The user may not have enough privileges to create a database. The
>>>>>>>>>> required database may need to be created separately before you can install
>>>>>>>>>> Joomla!.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So please, what do I need to do. Should I chown something? If so,
>>>>>>>>>> what?
>>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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