Here is an interesting one! I have changed datadir in my.cnf to point to /data/mysql. I also have the socket file as /data/mysql/mysql.sock
This is all fine and works. My server starts up with no complaints, /data/mysql/mysql.sock springs into existence and everyone is happy. Except my users. If I execute mysql as root: > /usr/bin/mysql -p I get in and everything works. If I try and get in as a user (mwatson = me) > /usr/bin/mysql I get: Cannot connect to local MySQL server through socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock Now, /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock was where the socket file used to exist before I edited my.cnf and restarted the server. The permissions on my /data/mysql directory are 775 (rwxrwxr-x) for owner mysql and group users. Either way I should be able to get to /data/mysql/mysql.sock So why are different users (root and mwatson) trying to get to different sockets on the same installation? Thanks in advance for your help Mick -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
