Hi, You are "closer".This error is generated only if you wish to connect from the localhost or 127.0.0.1 (i believe).To avoid this inconvenient, in arguments of mysql client,you must "put" -S "path_of_the_mysql.socket".Usualy mysql create the socket file in tmp directory.You can also, made some modification in my.cnf file.
I.E. mysql -u mysql(or root) -h localhost -S /tmp/mysql.sock This work ONLY if the mysql daemon is started. And if is not started you can "do": safe_mysqld.After this you can verify if the mysql processess are "active" with ps -ax. Good luck, Gelu ----- Original Message ----- From: Egor Egorov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:18 PM Subject: Can not connect (again) > Thursday, March 07, 2002, 4:49:57 PM, you wrote: > > d> Ok people, I'm desperate for the help. I'm going to try to be as detailed > d> as possible, because I need the two year old explanation. I recently > d> installed MySQL on my Cobalt Raq3. I was running fine, created a db, table > d> created a user, gave some permissions, and thought I was rolling along. > d> Somewhere in setting the permissions and using safe_mysql I messed something > d> up. I am now getting an Error 2002 can't connect to local Mysql through > d> socket var/lib/mysql/mysql.socket. I don't know much about the socket file, > d> so if that has something to do with the problem, I'll need a brief > d> explanation. Can someone PLEASE HELP because I'm desperate to get this > d> fixed yesterday. > > dlyles, as I answered you 2 days ago: > > If your MySQL server is running then you should check location of > the socket file and check the socket path in your my.cnf file. > > Check your privileges on the socket file and on the dir that > contains socket file. > > You can find the description of this error at: > http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/a/Can_not_connect_to_server.html > > d> Thank you. > > > > > > -- > For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ > This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net > <___/ www.mysql.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
