Just had this same error and fixed it...with help.

You need to set a symlink to the /tmp

ln -s /tmp/mysql var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

I may have this backwards..I'll send it from home when I get there.

M;)



-----Original Message-----
FROM: Nick Torenvliet
TO: Mysql (E-mail)
DATE: Thu 9/13/01 13:58
SUBJECT: mysql.sock error


I'm trying to start my first ever installation of mysql, so I've installed
the tar.gz (3.23.42 on Linux) and I've run ./configure from /mysqlhome when
I try to star the server I get the following message

Can't connect ot local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'

When I do a find I can't find the mysql.sock file anywhere on my server.

Any suggestions?


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