Charles Mégnin wrote:
>
> Although the my.cnf file specifies
> socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
> the server expects mysql.sock to reside in
> /var/lib/mysql
>
> [mysql@localhost]$ /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password
> Enter password:
> /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)'
> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!
>
> Any thoughts ?
>
/etc/my.cnf should comtain at least:
[mysqld]
socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
user=mysql
[client]
socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
Make sure /etc/my.cnf is world readable, and that mysql owns all of its
directories and files.
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