Comments on: How to Install Movable Type

By: Jeff Morrow

Jeff Morrow — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:24:14 +0000

Sorry…slightly different.

Bad ObjectDriver config: Connection error: Access denied for user: ‘@localhost’ (Using password: YES)

Doesn’t pull the name at all in front of localhost.

By: Jeff Morrow

Jeff Morrow — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:58:50 +0000

Hello Sheryl,

I concur…your information is BY FAR easeier to follow than the install doc.

I run the mt-check file and am told all is well. I am good to go.

Running mt-load.cgi gives me the same error.

Bad ObjectDriver config: Connection error: Access denied for user: ‘movtyp@localhost’ (Using password: YES)

And my email is set up and double checked!?

Is there any other reason I would be getting this error?

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:40 +0000

It looks like the attempt to notify you of posts to the blog is failing. movtyp@localhost is not a valid email address.

By: zac

zac — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:30:54 +0000

Thank you for creating this post sheryl.. I thought I had it but… nope. I am still getting this error:

Bad ObjectDriver config: Connection error: Access denied for user: ‘movtyp@localhost’ (Using password: YES)

Do you know why this would be?

By: andy

andy — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 02:45:15 +0000

thank you soooooo much, sheryl! i’ve been sweating over the included manual for over a week…finally decided to look for outside help. i’m glad you saw the need! many frustrations relieved

By: yaoi

yaoi — Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:55:04 +0000

Good job

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 04:30:34 +0000

I’m glad! Thanks for leaving a note.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 02:39:05 +0000

great! thank you soooo much…the MT docs dont really explain as well as it should…thank you…this really helped me out.

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:56:45 +0000

I’ve tweaked mt.cfg and my directory structure but the pics and docs still won’t load. Here are the highlights of my mt.cfg file as it is configured at this moment. Do you see anything in these entries that would cause the symptom I am describing? Thanks.

# value when you first install MT; instructions for doing so are in
# the Installation Instructions, in INSTALLING THE MOVABLE TYPE
# APPLICATION CODE, Step 3.
CGIPath /usr/local/www/xxxxxxx/xx/xxx/xx/xx/html/cgi-bin/mt/

# Configuration for MySQL databases. Add the name of your database
# and the username that you have for logging in to that database
# below. The password needs to go in the file mt-db-pass.cgi.
#
ObjectDriver DBI::mysql
Database domain_name_com
DBUser xxxx
DBHost localhost
#
#
#
StaticWebPath /usr/local/www/xxxxxxx/xx/xxx/xx/xx/html/movabletype/mt-static/
#
#
# SendMailPath configuration setting.
#
#
SendMailPath /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
#
#
# being erased. If you do not like this behavior (because it
# requires you to set directory permissions too loosely, for example),
# uncomment the following setting.
#
NoTempFiles 1
#
#
# change these settings unless you know what they mean, and what they do.
#
DBUmask 0022
HTMLUmask 0022
UploadUmask 0022
DirUmask 0022
#
#

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 05:35:00 +0000

Most likely your problem with the images is paths rather than permissions, since the images don’t need any special permissions.