do you know if the mysql daemon is running.. ?? when you do: ps -aux | grep mysql,
what do you see. .do you see mysqld? -----Original Message----- From: eng.waleed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: socket error the file mysql.sock does not exist what I have to do? ----- Original Message ----- From: "bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:35 PM Subject: RE: socket error > you might also need to check that the my.cnf file is configured to > reference > the sock file. additionally, you should check to make sure the mysql > app/daemon is even running. (this has bit me a few times when i've been > tired!!) > > > sample my.cnf file...... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/my.cnf > [mysqld] > datadir=/var/lib/mysql > socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > set-variable = max_connections=3 > #set-variable = log-error=/var/log/mysql_err.log > #set-variable = log=/var/log/mysql_query.log > ##set-variable = log-bin=/var/log/mysql_bin.log > #set-variable = log-slow-queries=/var/log/mysql_slow.log > # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x > # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package). > old_passwords=1 > > [mysql.server] > user=mysql > #basedir=/var/lib > basedir=/usr > > > [mysqld_safe] > err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log > pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lemuel Formacil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:25 AM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: socket error > > > On Thursday 21 December 2006 02:25, eng.waleed wrote: >> hi >> I have this error on mysql engine Could not connect: Can't connect to > local >> MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) is there any >> suggestion my version is 3.23.58 >> BR > > I think it's either you don't have read permissions to the socket > file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock', or it doesn't exist. Can you check? > > > Lemuel > > -- > 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] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
