Making a backup of a wiki using dumpBackup.php

[Kyteland]

I am trying to make a backup of a wiki (linked in my sig) using the dumpBackup.php script provided by mediawiki. This is the output it's giving me, with the html stripped out:

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(Can't contact the database server: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) (localhost))

I'm under the impression that all of the maintenence scripts use the database user/pass stored in AdminSettings.php. I've created this file, and the user/pass is exactly the same as the one used in LocalSettings.php (I copied and pasted from one to the other) and I've given it all SQL permissions.

I *can* connect to the database because I can go and edit articles on it. It's just when I run this script that I have problems. What else am I missing?

 

[Kyteland]

Bump back on to the main page.