I'm relatively new to PHP/MySQL but have been using Linux for a number of years. I seem to have everything running ok on Redhat 7.3 (apache, php & mysql) except that I may have a permissions issue. I'm uploading the php files to a directory that is aliased in httpd.conf and when I attempt to create a connection script in Dreamweaver, I get an error about the "testing server not being mapped to the URL prefix". I know communication is ok as I can get and put files from the web directory. Is there something similar to 'aliases' for MySQL? Any ideas or suggestions would very much appreciated.