Neville, Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 11:23:06 AM, you wrote: NL> this is the error message I get NL> "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket NL> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)"
NL> Why is this ? Check permissions on the MySQL datadir. Look also into the .err file in the MySQL data dir you can find possible causes of error there. NL> Here is a copy of the my.cnf file NL> [mysqld] NL> datadir=/var/lib/mysql NL> socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock NL> [mysql.server] NL> user=mysql NL> basedir=/var/lib NL> [safe_mysqld] NL> err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log NL> pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita 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
