id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 4757 what db rights? Carl Karsten Jacob "http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/contributing/ Needs something in there about db rightes. carl@dell29:~/django/django-src/tests$ ./runtests.py --settings settings Got an error creating the test database: (1044, ""Access denied for user 'djangouser'@'%' to database 'django_test_db'"") It appears the test database, django_test_db, already exists. Type 'yes' to delete it, or 'no' to cancel: yes Got an error recreating the test database: (1044, ""Access denied for user 'djangouser'@'%' to database 'django_test_db'"") carl@dell29:~/django/django-src/tests$ mysql -u root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 750 Server version: 5.0.38-Ubuntu_0ubuntu1-log Ubuntu 7.04 distribution Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | RidgeMoorJonas | | dj | | djangodb | | mysql | +--------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> I am guessing the problem is: DATABASE_USER = 'djangouser' only has rites to DATABASE_NAME = 'djangodb' But the error message doesn't make that clear, and the docs don't say what is needed. " closed Documentation dev duplicate Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0