Changing localhost to new IP

[voodoo192]

Coppermine has been up and running on my server for several months now without a problem for several months.

Last week the site stopped working, instead I would get this message.


Coppermine critical error:
Unable to connect to database !

MySQL said: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)


I have spoken with my host and they tell the problem is i am trying to connect via local host and should use a differnet IP which they have given me (changing this worked on another site i have).

So how do I change the setup of coppermine to connect to the DB using this new IP. Do I need to edit individual files, if so which ones, or is there a simpler way to so this.


Thank you for any support you can offer

Matt

[artistsinhawaii]

I believe you have to edit your config.inc.php file in the coppermine/include folder

Look for :

$CONFIG['dbserver'] =                         'localhost';

and change 'localhost' to your new settings.

Dennis

[Joachim Müller]

that's correct.