HOORAY! It's finally working.
However, I'd prefer to have my mysql.sock socket file in /tmp/
Anyone know how to change the settings for MySQL (and also PHP4 and
phpMyAdmin) so that it looks in /tmp/ instead?
Cheers.
Ben
Rick Emery wrote:
>
> I hd this same problem. Ensure that /var, /var/lib, and /var/lib/mysql have
> permissions set to: drwxr-xr-x
>
> This cured the problem for me.
>
> rick
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> On 01.03.2001 11:55:40 Ben Kennish wrote:
>
> > "Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server
> > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111) in
> > /var/www/html/index.php on line 5"
>
> Are you sure that your MySQL installation creates the socket right there?
> If
> I'm not mistaken, it may be created in /tmp.
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