Sorry......
thats was realy stupid.... Right... it works fine now...
It wasn't the permissions, it was the filename.... hmm.....
hahaha
:)
/roger
> Because it is my.cnf, not my.cfg.
>
> Also they need to be world readable.
>
> roger westin wrote:
> >
> > Have the same problem, nither the server or any client seems to read the
> > my.cfg files,
> > they are just going on the precompiled default value.
> > Have tried to recomplie and alot off stuff but I always have to add
> > the --socket /tmp/mysql.sock
> >
> > I got this problem after I installed the rpm clients and added the
server by
> > compiling an installing it. So ...
> > Why isn't the rpm and installation source putting mysql in the same
> > directory and have the same defaults.
> > And how do you actualy make it read the my.cfg file? (shouldtn't it be
read
> > atomaticly?)
> >
> > /roger
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charles Mégnin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "MYSQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:24 AM
> > Subject: (yet another) sock issue
> >
> > > 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 ?
> > >
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