[Lazarus] wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org have problem with mysql

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 03.05.2011 21:54, schrieb waldo kitty:
> On 5/3/2011 04:49, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> On 02/05/2011 18:15, ik wrote:
>>>
>>> (Can't contact the database server: Can't connect to local MySQL server
>>> through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) (localhost))
>>
>>
>> I can confirm this problem. They should have used Firebird RDBMS
>> instead. ;-)
> 
> and, FWIW, no database backend for internet stuffings should ever be
> accessed on localhost... database servers should reside on a backend
> server separate from the frontend server(s)... from a security
> standpoint, running a database server on the same machine as the
> frontend is just very very very bad juju that could lead to a security
> nightmare :?

We are still waiting for volounteer full time admins to pop up not only
doing the work for free but also supplying machines for free so we can
follow all good practice rules regarding backups, redundancy etc.