[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

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> My /etc/my.cnf begins with this:
> [mysqld]
> datadir=/var/lib/mysql
> socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> 

Wrong !

mysqlgui code will look in [client] options header, like all other
clients. 

> But like i said in my previous post, MySQLGUI doesn't *CARE* about the
> entries made in /etc/my.cnf, as far as I understand. Why use an additional
> options file having the socket path included if the mysql.sock path can be
> easily read out from my.cnf??
> 

Because there may be several MySQL servers running, plus ssh tunneling
etc etc ..

> *Sigh*
> 
> Andreas
> 
> 

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