Yes, I gave it 644 permissions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten H. Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "BW (ST)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: 'tmp/mysql.sock' (2) error
> > I'm trying to use a socket besides the standard /tmp/mysql.sock one.
I've
> > tried specifying socket=/path/to/socket in both [client] and [mysqld]
> > sections of my.cnf, and I've tried to edit safe_mysqld directly with
this
> > path. In all cases, the mysql server appears to start (no error
messages
> > are generated when I run S99mysql start, anyway), but I get the
> > "ERROR 2002:
> > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
(2)"
> > message.
> >
> > I'm guessing that some other file is overwriting the my.cnf
> > settings so that
> > the server still expects connections to come through the /tmp/mysql.sock
> > socket. I can't, however, figure out which file that is/may be.
> >
> > In consulting the docs, all I can glean is that (1) I'm using the wrong
> > socket file which is precisely what I'm attempting to do, or (2) per the
> > third-to-last bullet at the bottom of p.571 of the mysql manual, I need
to
> > somehow notify the clients of the new path. I believe this is where I'm
> > stuck since I thought the [client] setting in my.cnf was suppose
> > to do this.
> >
> > All help to sort this out is appreciated.
>
> Is my.cnf world readable?
>
> / Carsten
> --
> Carsten H. Pedersen
> keeper and maintainer of the bitbybit.dk MySQL FAQ
> http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq
>
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