I had the same problem with suse 7.2. I see that the path to mysql.sock
is /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. this location of mysql.sock was a leftover
from the mysql that i installed from the distribution. the downloaded
version though stores the mysql.sock in /tmp/mysql.sock - i had to tell
a few of my
adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am having trouble with mysql... i keep getting
> "ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)"
You probably didn't start it the correct way, by using the included
initscript ("/etc/init.d/mysqld", also us
su nobody
ls -l /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
Whatever user is trying to get it [such as nobody for a web server usually
or the user]- make sure the user can access the file. Make sure you don't
have maybe /var/lib/mysql to be 750 or something like that. Permissions is
a big one.
--
Mike
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