I'm running mysql 4.0.17 on Mac OS X 10.2.8 without problems. My first
guess would be that the upgrade reset the permissions on /tmp, so now
the mysql user doesn't have permission to create mysql.sock.
Try
cd /tmp
sudo chmod 1777 .
then see if mysqld will start. (While you're in /tmp, mak
Hi,
I've recently been having some problems with mySQL on one of my OS X
computers. It was working perfectly until I upgraded from OS 10.2.6 to
OS 10.2.8, and now mysqld refuses to start up, showing the following
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]$ sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
Starting mysqld daem
