Hi, maybe you can consider another approach: 1) Edit the Makefile on /usr/ports/databases/mysql $ cat Makefile | grep SOCKET_DIR SOCKET_DIR= /var/www/mysql
2) Reinstall mysql and run. 3) $ ps aux | grep mysql _mysql 12420 0.0 3.5 294488 71576 ?? S 5:00PM 0:00.72 /usr/local/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local --datadir=/var/mysql --user=_mysql --pid-file=/var/mysql/namor.nodomain.nowhere.pid --port=3306 --socket=/var/www/mysql/mysql.sock It should work as usual... Regards, Alvaro 2008/11/27 Gustavo Polillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > my system is ok but in every reboot I need to reconfigure the mysql socket: > > ln -f /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock /var/www/var/run/mysql/ > > any tip? > > thanks, Gustavo Polillo.