I solved the problem by adding ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock
don't know why the link disappeared.
David
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Systems Administrator wrote:
> I was logged into my mysql and just kicking right along, then my telnet
> session got disconnected, I logged back on, and found defunc
I was logged into my mysql and just kicking right along, then my telnet
session got disconnected, I logged back on, and found defunct processes
from my last login. I removed those processes, and tried again, ERROR
2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock