Is the socket file just a location for mySQL to place the socket information? i.e. the file doesn't have to be there, as Mysql will create it when it runs.
Am I understanding this correctly? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- "Life must be lived as play." - Plato (427 - 347 BC) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:01 PM Subject: Re: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 04:17 PM, Andrew Rich wrote: > > > > > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > > > > > > Any ideas ? > > You might need to specify the path to your socket file when you start > MySQL... did you specify a specific socket location at compile time? If > so, use that. > > It would look something like: > > /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld --socket=/path/to/socket > > > Good luck > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
