I faced the same problem and I solved it by creating a link under tmp called
mysqld.sock pointing to my mysql.sock
let me know if it helped
Siomara
>From: Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: mysql.sock file
>Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:56:19 -0400
>
>We have a client program that fails trying to access tmp/mysql.sock on
>open. It seems that newer servers either dont create the tmp file or store
>it somewhere else.
>
>What can be done to make the existing binary work with both older and newer
>servers? Is there a my.cnf setting? And also, why has this become an issue?
>Can it be a build issue with the server? Or is this file being scrubbed by
>some startup routine (Debian is well-known to do damage upon start up this
>way)?
>
>thanks.
>
>Dennis
>
>
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