Andrew, Tuesday, April 02, 2002, 10:06:42 AM, you wrote: A> I keep on getting the following error message when trying to connect to A> MySQL - ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket A> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
A> This can be fixed by creating a link from the /tmp/mysql.sock file. Which I A> have done and still get the same error A> I have searched on Google and on Mysql.com (plus a whole range of other A> Linux sites) and I realize the default directory for Mysql was the directory A> as it comes with RH7.2 - I have re-installed a newer version of MySQL with A> RPMs and still get the same error. A> Before I try re-install with the binary version has anybody had a similar A> problem ? 1. Is your MySQL server running? 2. Give me contents of your .err file. A> Thanks. A> Andrew -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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
