Hi, you don't oblige to reinstall MySQL. One solution is to stop de mysqld (daemon) and restart it, this will recreate the socket file. Hope this help.
-----Original Message----- From: Egor Egorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: lundi 21 juillet 2003 15:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: myslq.sock Creigh Shank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It appears that an application I've been trying to run > (RelataMail/Relata > CRM) deletes the mysql.sock from my system. I'm running Redhat 8.0 with > MySQL 4.0.13. Is there any way to restore the mysql.sock file (eg, from > the rpm) without having to rebuild the whole system? (Reinstalling MySQL > didn't help.) Start MySQL server. mysql.sock is created when MySQL server is started. -- 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 -- 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]