Installing Drupal

I can only get as far creating a database using the Plesk front-end supplied by my host. So, I've uploaded all the directories/files and have a database and user/password.

I don't seem to have access to MySQL (?) so can't get any further. I have got access to PHPMyAdmin. I've only used pMachine before which automates the bits that come next. Can anybody tell me how to proceed, please - preferably in words of not many more than one syllable? I think I'll be OK once I get to step 5.

Many thanks.

I've got my drupal mainly running, but when I moved it from my own server to my favorite ISP (futurequest.net), I get the following output from error.php:

warning: main(): stream does not support seeking in /big/dom/xmathiasconsulting/www/error.php on line 19.

Here are details about my environment:

Drupal: 4.3.1, clean urls enabled
PHP CGI Version: 4.3.2
PHP Module Version: 4.3.2
Apache Version: 1.3.28
MySQL Version: 3.23.58
Linux Kernel: 2.4.24

The error.php line in question is just:

include_once("$base_url/index.php");

What's this error about?

Also, can someone clue me in on how drupal's clean urls work? It seems as if .htaccess is redirecting not founds to error.php. But I don't see entries in my apache error log for every drupal page accessed, so obviously I'm not understanding something . . .

I submitted this problem already under a different heading.
See http://drupal.org/node/view/5366.

My question: Is there anybody out there who has installed drupal under windows succesfully???

Erik Wesselius

the only thing that seems to be hanging me up is the changes in conf.php - what am i missing???? after i upload conf.php and go to my domain, i see the following error. please help!

the error:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: 'drupal@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /home/selfeste/public_html/drupal/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 12
Access denied for user: 'drupal@localhost' (Using password: YES)

thank you, eva

I try to get a test Drupal website running locally under Windows98, Apache 1.3.29, PHP 4.3.4 and MySQL 4.0.17

I am sure that I am almost there, but I feel that I need some help now. I include the key details on my installation below.

Erik Wesselius
Utrecht, Nederland

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I followed step 1,2 and 3 from the install file. Everything works fine. I can access the drupal SQL database through PhpMyAdmin, but I get stuck at INSTALLATION STEP 4: CONNECTING DRUPAL.

Here are the details:

The MySQL database for the drupal test site resides at
C:\Program Files\MySQL\data\drupal

My Apache httpd.conf file defines the server DocumentRoot as
C:\phpWeb

I unzipped and untarred Drupal 4.3.2 into the directory
C:\phpWeb\drupal

In the Drupal conf.php file I edited the following lines:

$db_url = "mysql://erik:password@localhost/drupal";

(where 'password' stands for the password defined for the MySQL drupal database)

$base_url = "http://localhost/drupal";

But when I point my browser to http://localhost/drupal/index.php,
I get an empty Drupal page with the text

Access denied
You are not authorized to access this page.

If I try to login with my SQL password I get an error 403 page in return:

Not Found
The requested URL /drupal/ was not found on this server.

Apache/1.3.29 Server at localhost Port 80

The URL in the addressbox of the navigation toolbar of my browser says

I have two problems, the first is that emails are not being sent to new users so they dont get passwords. I have cron.php running. What else could be causing the problem?

Also... Is there any way of changing the "not authorised" page, so anonymous users could see a certain page of infomation?

thanks, liam