Title: Connection issues
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Connection issues

 *  Resolved [gargoylesoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gargoylesoft/)
 * (@gargoylesoft)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-issues/)
 * I manually installed mysql on my server and restored my database. I can run mysql
   from the command line and specify the host/user/pwd shown in the wp-config.php
   file and connect to the database without issues. When I try to connect via the
   web server, I get a message saying it couldn’t connect, and am I sure the host/
   user/pwd is correct. I’m definitely sure 😉
 * How do I fix?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-issues/#post-2203825)
 * Review [Installing_WordPress_Locally](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Installation_Techniques#Installing_WordPress_Locally)
 *  Thread Starter [gargoylesoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gargoylesoft/)
 * (@gargoylesoft)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-issues/#post-2203828)
 * The problem was that I had to symlink /var/mysql/mysql.sock to /tmp/mysql.sock

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [gargoylesoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gargoylesoft/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-issues/#post-2203828)
 * Status: resolved

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