Try chmod 755 /var/lib/mysql/
Good luck!
Eduard
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----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Goldin (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Markus Fischer' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 'Mysql (E-mail)'
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 7:23 AM
Subject: RE: Newbie on the verge --of connecting mysql/php? --a breakdown?
Please help
> Yes, I checked that "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock" exists. It does. I tried
> connecting with "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock" suffixed after "localhost."
Same
> error.
>
> I tried substituting "127.0.0.1:3306." Again, no luck.
>
> I very much appreciate all the help I've been getting on this list. Mysql
> seems to be working fine. PHP seems to be working fine. Apache too. If
only
> I could pursuade the three to work together!
>
> By the way, I'm using redhat 7 with a resent install of mysql. I couldn't
> rpm uninstall the original redhat mysql, so I simply renamed the old
> binaries. Is it possible there's an old config file or an old library
> getting in the way?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> And please throw any new ideas my way.
>
> best,
>
> daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markus Fischer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 12:46 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mysql (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Newbie on the verge --of connecting mysql/php? --a
> breakdown? Please help
>
>
> Does you /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock exist ?
>
> If not, try connecting through TCP/IP by removing localhost and writing
> "127.0.0.1:3306"
>
> - Markus
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Goldin (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mysql (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:41 PM
> Subject: Newbie on the verge --of connecting mysql/php? --a breakdown?
> Please help
>
>
> > Here's the saga.
> >
> > 1) I installed php, apache and mysql via redhat seven installation
disks.
> > 2) problems with mysql
> > 3) reinstalled latest mysql from official site. (rpm wouldnt remove
> > distributions, so I renamed the old mysql bin files to a .bak extension
> > before installing new version on /usr/local.
> > 4) Got it going okay, with the execepton that I couldn't change user,
host
> > and password. (see previous email.)
> > 5) Attempted to create a connect interface with php. Here is the code:
> >
> >
> > <?
> > $connection = mysql_connect("localhost","desparate", "help") or
> > die("Couldn't connect.");
> >
> > if ($connection) {
> > $msg = "Success!";
> > }
> > ?>
> >
> > <HTML>
> > <HEAD>
> > <TITLE>MySql Connection</TITLE>
> > </HEAD>
> > </HEAD>
> > <BODY>
> > <? echo "$msg"; ?>
> > </BODY>
> > </HTML>
> >
> > And here is the error message I get:
> >
> > Warning: Mysql connectoion failed. Can't connect to local mysql server
> > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'(111) in /ver/w
> > ww/html/db_connect.php on line 2.
> > Couldn't connect.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
> > Daniel Goldin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Creative Director 323.225.1926
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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