Does WP run on IIS 5.0?

  • This is my first time using WP. I’m trying to install a new 1.0 setup. My site is hosted on a remote Win 2000 Server, IIS 5.o, PHP 4.3.4, MySQL 3.23.41 , and phpMyAdmin 2.2.4 (to manage MySQL). I also uses Web Shell 3.0.2.12 for ftp management. I have a fresh database created with a user-admin privileges. My problem is when I get to the intall.php step in installation I get a variety of error messages, depending on how I set the wp-config.php. They are all the standard messages that have been covered in these forums before, such as;
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    ‘It doesn’t look like you’ve installed WP yet.’
    and
    SQL/DB Error –[Error establishing a database connection! Are you sure you have the correct user/password? Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? Are you sure that the database server is running?]
    SQL/DB Error –[Error selecting database wordpress! Are you sure it exists?Are you sure there is a valid database connection?]
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    Is the problem because of using IIS? Does WP really need Apache to run? Just need to know for certain as I can switch my host account to Apache.
    Everything is setup correctly in MySQL and I have tried setting wp-config.php a million different ways but it won’t setup the db tables and proceed to the login stage. Please help.
    Thanks
    dlb

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  • Thanks, Nuke. I think i hear you saying that port 3306 (or some other assigned port) must be open on the router (& firewall) for MySQL and WP, to work. I assumed that Port 3306 had to be open if someone wanted to directly access MySQL via the web, not WP via system process and Port 80.
    But my second question still remains. Does WP user account for the db HAVE TO BE specified as an IUSR account, or can it be any username for IIS on NT?
    Mark E

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