[rlparker]

Quote:I've been reading a bit elsewhere on the site about the CPU minutes limits etc, but have no idea and no context for this at all. What sort of application / load / usage is likely to push it over this limit?

That is a very difficult question to answer, as there are so many variable involved. Generally speaking, heavily dynamic sites that are database driven, are poorly optimized, do not utilize caching, and are heavily trafficked are the prime candidates for trouble. I know that is not much help, but there are so many interactions that contribute to load, that is the only "general" statement I feel comfortable making.

Quote:I am planning to sign up tonight, but the only email address I have is one that is on the domain I want to host, but the signup form will not let me use a contact email on the same domain. What can I do?

If you don't want to use work email, and have no other email account, I suggest you complete the sign up using a "free" dreamhosters.com subdomain, and use the email address of the domain you *eventually* want to host on Dreamhost.

This will allow you to complete the signup with yhour current hosting/email intact, cost you nothing, and gives you a "free" place to develop/move/setup your site - when you are ready to "flip the switch" you cand then "add a domain" for the domain you want to host (your current domain) at no extra cost (if you don't use the "free" registration at sign up, you don't lose it - yhou will still get credit for the first domain you register).

That way, you avoid the email problem, a preserve your right to transfer the domain for free.

--rlparker

[ChrisEmerson]

I have now signed up, and I love it

Just one question now, Someone mentioned above (in the first reply) that I could administrate users and databases through phpmyadmin - how is this done please? I don't seem to have permission to create a new database, and cant find the phpmyadmin priviliges page, so i assume that is disabled.

I am quite happy using the dreamhost control panel, but it doesn't seem to have any facility for user priviliges at all.

[anonymous2]

https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tr...ies.mysql&

Under Goodies, Manage MySQL (Goodies?). Create a database there, and then there will be a link to phpmyadmin, which will also be the database subdomain URL you create.

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[ChrisEmerson]

Yeh, I have found that, and using it fine, it's jsut the specific problems above that I am having trouble with - creating databases and administration of users through phpmyadmin - eg if i want a certain user to only have certain privilieges.

[anonymous2]

That is under Billing (?), Account Privileges, which is based on webids.

I think you'll find that creating databases must be done through the panel, unless something's changed.

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[ChrisEmerson]

I'm not sure you quite understand.

In a database, you can have several users accessing different databases (This is all fine), but you can also give certain users different privileges - like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE etc. eg. One user might only be able to select, while another might be able to insert and update on some tables but not delete, while have full access to other tables.

Normally this is administered in phpmyadmin under the 'Privileges' section, but it seems you can only create users with full access in the control panel, and the privileges page in phpmyadmin isn't there - presumably because you can't change them.

Any ideas on this? Or should I be contacting support?

[marsbar]

Welcome to DreamHost, Chris!
My humble apologies for being wrong about what one can do via phpmyadmin. *red faced* Anonymous2 is right: database creation is done via the control panel, and so is user administration.
Cheers,
marsbar

[Raz2133]

Quote:but it seems you can only create users with full access in the control panel, and the privileges page in phpmyadmin isn't there

You can change a database user privileges in the panel. Go to Goodies -> Manage MySQL, under the Users with access column for each database you will see the valid database users, click on any user to change their privileges.

Mark

PS: Welcome to DreamHost
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[ChrisEmerson]

Ah, thank you - I don't know why I didn't notice this before! I'm sure I had clicked on a user!

Cheers for that, thanks for everyone's help