Description of my issue: cronjob error: cannot connect to mysql database. Same issue as #25236
After updating AkeebaBackup Pro for Joomla from 4.6.1 to 5.0.3 and later 5.0.4 I get this cronjob error:
You are using Joomla! 3.4.8 on PHP 5.6.21-1byte1 (cli)
Starting a new backup with the following parameters:
Profile ID 1
Description "Command-line backup"
Current memory usage: 1.56 Mb
Unsetting time limit restrictions.
Site paths determined by this script:
JPATH_BASE : /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl
JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR : /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator
********** ERROR! **********
Could not connect to MySQL
Technical information:
Code: 2
File: /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Driver/Mysqli.php
Line: 288
Stack Trace:
#0 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Driver/Base.php(1049): Akeeba\Engine\Driver\Mysqli->query()
#1 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Driver/Base.php(742): Akeeba\Engine\Driver\Base->execute()
#2 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupPlatform/Joomla3x/Driver/Joomla.php(126): Akeeba\Engine\Driver\Base->loadAssocList()
#3 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Platform/Base.php(583): Akeeba\Engine\Driver\Joomla->__call('loadAssocList', Array)
#4 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Platform/Base.php(583): Akeeba\Engine\Driver\Joomla->loadAssocList()
#5 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Platform.php(272): Akeeba\Engine\Platform\Base->get_running_backups(NULL)
#6 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Factory.php(436): Akeeba\Engine\Platform->__call('get_running_bac...', Array)
#7 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/BackupEngine/Factory.php(436): Akeeba\Engine\Platform->get_running_backups(NULL)
#8 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/administrator/components/com_akeeba/Model/Backup.php(122): Akeeba\Engine\Factory::resetState(Array)
#9 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/cli/akeeba-backup.php(236): Akeeba\Backup\Admin\Model\Backup->startBackup(Array)
#10 /home/users/facjkftp/mysite.nl/cli/akeeba-backup.php(324): AkeebaBackupCLI->execute()
#11 {main}
An other Joomla site with the same configuration (in another cluster) but still on Akeeba 4.6.1 is running properly at the same hosting company, so the problem started after updating.
I did not touch my configuration.php at all.
Attached: 2 screendumps from Alice. And an Alice log file, which is more or less empty. Password for both zips is akeeba