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Comment on MySQL Administrator on Mac OSX Leopard: A Few Tips and Tricks by Scott

Scott — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:46:02 +0000

@Lauras

I had the same problem as you when I expand my user name it only shows %

After a stiff drink I notice that there are two other buttons near the +/- for adding user. These are to add/remove hosts, if you highlight the % then click on the “Add Host” you are then presented with a table of three options, add them one at a time as follows and things should run fine (so far they have for me)

1: localhost
2: specify hostname (find this in preferences Sharing “Computer Name.local”
3: specify hostname “127.0.0.1″

Remember to save the changes.

I hope this helps.

Comment on MySQL Administrator on Mac OSX Leopard: A Few Tips and Tricks by Lauras

Lauras — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:01:52 +0000

On your very last screenshot (privileges), where it shows “stevie@localhost” for me it says “Not Applicable (no host selected)”. Trying to add localhost results in the “localhost” is already added message. I looked in mysql schema users table, I see that in the host column under my newly created userid contains %, when root account has localhost, 127.0.0.1 and one other. Its a fresh mysql 5.1 install (reinstalled many times to hopefully fix the issue). Any ideas?

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by spiftic

spiftic — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:54:14 +0000

Fantastic!!
The best and the easiest method so far and i have looked everywhere. This worked like a charm.

Cheers

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by John

John — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:00:06 +0000

Stevie,
Thanks so much for putting this stuff on the web. It is very straightforward. Unfortnately, I am experiencing the same difficulty that April did on September 22nd. Please advise.
Sincerely,
John

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by Stevie

Stevie — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:23:52 +0000

Kevin… thanks for dropping by. My main inspiration for writing this article was the lack of any MySQL setup tutorials pertaining to OSX. Glad you found it useful!

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:48:30 +0000

Stevie, just wanted to say thanks for the detailed guide. Managed to get all the way up to the MySQL install, but couldn’t find good documentation on what to do. This worked like a charm. Definitely appreciate it!

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by Stevie

Stevie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:50:14 +0000

Hey Scott. Thanks for the nice words. Here’s something you can try…

Go into the root directory of your Mac and find the private folder. There you’ll find the etc folder. Right-click on it and click Get Info and verify that the system has Read & Write permissions. If it has both then you should be able to create a my.cnf file…

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by Scott

Scott — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:04:50 +0000

Hi Stevie

Thumbs up for a very helpful site.

I have stumbled across one problem which is to do with
“create a my.conf file in your text editor and save it in /etc/my.cnf with the following code:”
I don’t seem to have the my.cnf folder and when tying to make a new folder to save the my.conf file in I get the message that the /etc folder is read only

I’m a complete newbie so any pointers would be great.

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by cosmoanut

cosmoanut — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:53:45 +0000

hi leopardnewbie,
I have the same error (ERROR! Manager of pid-file quit without updating file), did found a solution for this?

Comment on Setting up PHP, MySQL, and Apache in Mac OSX Leopard by Stevie

Stevie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:48:05 +0000

Excellent. I was going to recommend reinstalling as a last resort. I know that worked for me on my G5 tower at work which used to have Tiger on it. Cool man glad you got it working… now you can finally do some real work