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The permissions on the mysql.sock file seem to be OK: [root@anakin etc]# cd /tmp [root@anakin tmp]# ls -l m* srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 May 20 12:34 mysql.sock -rw------- 1 mysql mysql 6 May 20 12:34 mysql.sock.lock [root@anakin tmp]# cd / [root@anakin /]# ls -ld tmp drwxrwxrwt. 8 root root 4096 May 20 16:44 tmp

Sorry, php 5.6 as I wrote in my first posting (5.7 was the Mysql version). 127.0.0.1 did work - thanks. Why did I not think about that in the first time. Seems like PHP does not resolve localhost to 127.0.0.1 while in the shell localhost seem to be OK.

This is my code: $dbh = @mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass); if (false === $dbh) { $err = @mysql_error(); if ($triggerError) { throw new Exception("Could not connect to db: $err\n"); } } But perhaps you are right. It might be PHP that say I do not have access to mysql_connect! It this a 'new feature' in php 5.7 ??? I have never ever experienced such a problem.

Hello, Just reinstalled / upgraded a Fedora Core server with FC 21, MySQL 5.7.7 and PHP 5.6.8. After the installation I restored a database and added/granted access to the neccessary users. But when running a PHP script in CLI mode I'm not able to connect to the database using mysql_connect. It say "Permission denied". but using 'mysql -h <host> -u <user> -p <database>' on the same machine gives me the access. (<host>, <user>, <database> and the password is the same as Any suggestions how to fix this? mysql> grant all privileges on foobar.* to 'foo'@'localhost' identified by 'someSecretPassword'; mysql> flush privileges; In the PHP script: $con = mysql_connect("localhost", "foo", "someSecretPassword"); // here it fails with "Permission denied". $ mysql -h localhost -u foo -p foobar Password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 49 Server version: 5.7.7-rc-log MySQL Community Server (GPL) ...