Just make a symbolic link... Probably it's in /tmp So as root, "ln -vs /tmp/mysql.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock"
This is always an annoyance with mysql and redhat it seems. *sigh* > -----Original Message----- > From: Sami Maisniemi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MySQL installation in Fedora Core 1 > > I intend to build up a web server that is based on Fedora Core 1. > Installation and configuration of Apache and PHP4 was pretty > simple, but > there are some problems in configuration of MySQL. I > installed the MySQL > server RPM included in the distribution. > > Even in the MySQL pages it is mentioned that running > "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld start" is enough for > post-installation process. > However, there is no such file. Running "mysql" leads to an error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] smaisnie]# mysql > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) > > Does anyone have any idea how to carry out post-installation process? > > Regards Sami Maisniemi > > > > -- > 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]
