Installing Drupal

Our host has a completely separate machine - db1.domain.com - to handle databases. How do I modify the CONF file so Drupal knows how to access it?

Nice smooth install.
Fixed the magic_quotes_gpc setting.
Database looks fine.
Created my first account.
Got the email delivery.
Tried to login... No error, but no login. I just end up back at the login page. I've checked my database, and the accounts are in there. I've tried resetting passwords - no help. I've tried to fail login - I get the failure message, so that's working.

My vague guess is that there is some kind of problem with the session, but I can't imagine what it is. I'm no php expert.

Any advice appreciated.

I'm not sure why, I performed a new install last nite and any time I post something, whether it be a blog or a static page, all I see is the title of the page and nothing else..

I don't think I've missed anything, and had it working yesterday before I decided to start all over agin with a clean install..

see what I mean at http://205.200.102.205/drupal

I got the following message after the installation is complete :
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /root/Project/Mysql/drupal-4.3.2/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 12

Can any one let me know whats wrong ?
Thanks
webproj04

I installed apache2 , php4 and Mysql as outlined in the Administrators guide . I finished first three steps of installation process i.e
1.DOWNLOAD DRUPAL
2.CREATE THE DRUPAL DATABASE
3.LOAD THE DRUPAL DATABASE SCHEME .

I'm new to Drupal (and MySQL btw) and was doing fine with Drupal (4.3.2) and modules installs until I tried to install htmlarea. After I ran the included patch, I tried going to administer->configuration->modules but got error:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare recipe_perm() in /var/www/cms/modules/recipe/recipe.module on line 3
The recipe module was active and working before I ran the htmlarea install and its drupal patch. Now I can't even get in to activate/deactivate modules.