From 7fe6bc52d089570994074c4fbb19428d7cc58e6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: redmatrix Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:05:40 -0700 Subject: change setup defaults to 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost for DB server, add documentation to the INSTALL.txt explaining the choice. --- install/INSTALL.txt | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'install/INSTALL.txt') diff --git a/install/INSTALL.txt b/install/INSTALL.txt index 65df17fdd..c81510522 100644 --- a/install/INSTALL.txt +++ b/install/INSTALL.txt @@ -147,7 +147,12 @@ use SSL, your webserver must not listen on port 443 at all. 3. Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username, -password, database name). +password, database name). The MySQL client libraries will fallback to socket +communication if the hostname is 'localhost' and some people have reported +issues with the socket implementation. Use it if your requirements mandate. +Otherwise if the database is served on the local server, use '127.0.0.1' for +the hostname. See https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connecting.html +for more information. 4. If you know in advance that it will be impossible for the web server to write or create files in your web directory, create an empty file called -- cgit v1.2.3