Changing the socket location?

I was wondering is there anyway to change the socket location from /tmp/mysql.sock to something else, other than recompiling :-)? If there is not I would like to highly recommend it as an option. TIA stevet _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your

Re: Changing the socket location?

You can specify the location when you start up the server --socket=/path/to/mysql.sock or enter it in your my.cnf file: socket = /path/to/mysql.sock in the [mysqld] group On Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:34:24 -0600, Stephen P Toothman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering is there anyway to

Re: Changing the socket location?

Stephen P Toothman writes: I was wondering is there anyway to change the socket location from /tmp/mysql.sock to something else, other than recompiling :-)? If there is not I would like to highly recommend it as an option. Change it in the config file (my.cnf). It's right there. Just be