I was just receiving that error this morning after I changed my hostname and my mysql server wasn't starting properly. Once I got the server started, the error went away.
So, I believe that just means that your server's not running or accepting connections. But, that's just a guess. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Bannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mysql.sock The mysql.sock file is being saved at the location below.... /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ...which causes me to get this error... ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) How can I fix this? Thanks, Joseph __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]