Re: Mysql Installation on Linux: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server th

2004-01-18 Thread Victor Medina
Probably your server is not using any sockets, check out your my.cnf. man mysql to see how to connect to a ip based mysql host. C/ya! On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 18:51, Mike Mapsnac wrote: I just install MYSQL on Linux (Red Hat 9) using this

RE: Mysql Installation on Linux: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server th

2004-01-17 Thread Nicholas
Hi Mike, You have to start the mysql server before you can run the client. Try running mysqld_safe --user=mysql from /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin, depending on where you installed it. To see if it is running currently on your machine, try this: ps -ef | grep mysqld Hope this helps...