For *computer-novices*?: Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Fragment of a discussion from Project:Support desk
Try setting $wgDBserver to 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. They should behave the same, but on some configurations, one might not work. If this fixes it, try googling the answer of hy and how to fix this for you (Its not a MediaWiki issue in that case).
For example https://www.google.com/search?q=mac+mysql+localhost+127.0.0.1
Hi, thanks for response. I also tried that last week by going about Google and looking up forums and that, too did not work. I am somewhat relieved to know from what you wrote that this is not a Mediawiki but MySQL issue. Nothing seems to work. Anyway thanks again; I am looking at the link you posted and see what I can do for myself on this matter.
