Mine is owned by root:root and has its sticky bit set. Does not allow a normal user to delete.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Annie Xie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jonathan Mangin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:57 AM Subject: Re: mysql still can't start up Another question related to server start: Can I configure mysql.sock to some other dir, since /tmp/mysql.sock might easiely being deleted by someone? Thanks! Annie On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Jonathan Mangin wrote: :) :)----- Original Message ----- :)From: "æé" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :)To: "mysql" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :)Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:25 AM :)Subject: mysql still can't start up :) :) :)> when I used the command "safe_mysqld start" the system told me " :)> Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql :)> 040913 19:08:45 mysqld ended" :)> when I used the command "mysql" the system told me :)> " :)> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket :)'/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)" :) :) :) :)Does /tmp/mysql.sock exist? :)What are the write permissions on /tmp? :) :) :) :)-- :)MySQL General Mailing List :)For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql :)To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] :) :) -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]