[bbDev] db_connect() calls db_connect_host() with wrong arguments

[Sam Bauers]

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On 16/02/2009, at 4:23 AM, Asbjørn Ulsberg <list at asbjorn.ulsberg.no>  
wrote:

> In both trunk and the latest alpha release of bbPress, I'm having  
> problems with bbPress trying to authenticate against the database  
> with 'admin at localhost' as credentials, yielding the error message:
>
> mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied
> for user 'admin'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
>
> I've done a bit of research and found that what seems to be  
> happening is that the db_connect() function inside the file  
> "class.bpdb-multi.php" calls the db_connect_host() function inside  
> the "class.bpdb.php" file with the user's session cookie credentials  
> as the database credentials. And since the default host is set to  
> 'localhost', the login will be '<username>@localhost'.
>
> The erroneous call is made on line 65 of "class.bpdb-multi.php". The  
> problem is not seen on overview pages like the front page of  
> bbPress, but once you open up a given topic, the error message is  
> thrown.
>
> Why would any of the "multi" parts of bbPress be in use here? Are  
> they in any way related to WPMU? If they are, isn't it an error to  
> be using those functions when my WP installation is not MU?
>
> -- 
> Asbjørn Ulsberg         -=|=-          asbjorn at ulsberg.no
> «He's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away»
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