Hi,
I could run it again and connect. Thanks. But can anyone explain, why I had
mysqld.sock instead of mysql.sock in the /tmp folder? Thanks everyone..
Regds
Ujwol
----- Original Message -----
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To: Ujwol
Cc: MySQL List
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [couldn't connect to the mysql server]
U> Hi,
U> I did the binary installation. Yes, I restarted and checked again,
U> it shows same.
The other thing to check is permissions on the directory / sock file
for the user that you're logged-in as. Are you logged-in as the same
user as yesterday?
U> Regds
U> Ujwol
U> ----- Original Message -----
U> From: James Lyon
U> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
U> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
U> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:56 PM
U> Subject: Re: [couldn't connect to the mysql server]
U> >>Description:
U> umcn> <I get this message ,bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at
'localhost' failed error: 'Can't connect to local MYSQL server thourgh socket
'/tmp/mysql.sock(111) Check that mysqld is
U> umcn> running and hat the socket :'/tmp/mysql.sock exists! mysqld is running
fine, but the sock file shows 0 bytes. I could connect to it till yesterday but not
now>
U> >>How-To-Repeat:
U> Have you tried shutting down the server, then restarting it to check
U> all is working okay?
U> On Red Hat you can do:
U> /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql restart
U> to get the server to be shutdown then started again.
U> HTH,
U> J.
