https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: MYSQL cannot connect access denied en Mon, 04 May 2026 04:39:49 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/mysql-cannot-connect-access-denied#post-12445 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:19:22 +0000 yuniar 12445@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Sharon,</p> <p>Is your site using cPanel?<br /> If so, most likely you forgot to set the permission of your mysql user.</p> <p>From your cPanel, MySQL database section, search for the menu "Add User to Database"<br /> And then make sure to add the user "hireaban_sharon" to your "hireaban_contact" database and set ALL PRIVILEGES.</p> <p>Then try run your installer again.<br /> Let me know if the problem persist. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/mysql-cannot-connect-access-denied#post-12444 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:29:41 +0000 hireabandnz 12444@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hi Drayton</p> <p>Thanks for the advice, which I did try. But this is what I have been getting back.</p> <p> OK PHP Version &gt;= 4.3.0<br /> X MySQL Version &gt;= 4.1.0 ( I am using 4.1.22 so I know it is ok)<br /> X Correct User and Password for MySQL<br /> Access denied for user 'hireaban_sharon'@'cp17-virtual.syra.net.au' (using<br /> password: YES)<br /> X Establishing a Connection to Database [hireaban_contact]<br /> Unable to connect to MySQL<br /> OK Writable Data Folder [./data]</p> <p>I have tried using 'localhost' and hireaband.co.nz I just can't seem to get it to work however it is showing up as 'cp17-virtual.syra.net.au' now with my domain name. Not sure what to try next. If any one can advise that would be great.</p> <p>Thanks.<br /> Sharon </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/mysql-cannot-connect-access-denied#post-12441 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:03:33 +0000 drayton 12441@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>If anyone is having a problem installing and are getting errors of Mysql not being the correct version and authentication failed....</p> <p>I had this same problem - not sure if you were trying to install via an IP address or over a domain name.. </p> <p>I was doing some dev work and was attempting to install over IP address and got all of the errors.. when I switched and used the domain name (yourname.com) it worked... no more errors..</p> <p>Hope this helps! </p>