QSqlDatabase::open() always returns true

i'm trying to connect to a sql database with the Qt-Framework.

Unfortunately db.open() always returns true (you can set any password, hostname, etc...), despite no connection is established(?). I derive that from the query not having any effect on the database.

I'm using LAMPP on Ubuntu 14.04.

I've got the following code:

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h" 
#include <QApplication>
#include <QSql>
#include <QSqlDatabase>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QSqlQuery>


void MainWindow::on_ButtonSQL_clicked()
{

    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE", "con1");
    db.setHostName("localhost");
    db.setDatabaseName("kinectshop2015");
    db.setUserName("root");
    db.setPassword("");

    QMessageBox msgBox;

    if (db.open()) {
        msgBox.setText("Yay! Your database host is "+db.hostName()+" .\n"+" The name of the database is "+db.databaseName()+".");
        msgBox.exec();
    }

    QSqlQuery query;
    query.exec("INSERT INTO users (id, username, balance, isAdmin)" "VALUES(3, 'somebody', 10000, 1)");
}