> A better solution would be to do it in /etc/my.cnf, so that it will be
> system-wide.
BINGO!!! That did it!
The only additional question I have at this point, then, is what to do
about
my scenario where I want to run 3.22 and 3.23 concurrently on a box where
the user will be the same for
> create a .my.cnf in the home directory of the user that will be running
> the clients, and enter a
> [client]
>
> paragraph that defines the socket.
A better solution would be to do it in /etc/my.cnf, so that it will be
system-wide for the database.
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Ed Carp, N7EKG - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 2
create a .my.cnf in the home directory of the user that will be running
the clients, and enter a
[client]
paragraph that defines the socket.
BW wrote:
> Ed,
>
>
>> 1. Is MySQL actually running?
>
> Yes.
>
>
>> 2. If so, where is it putting mysql.sock?
>
> It is putting it into /raid/mysq
Ed,
> 1. Is MySQL actually running?
Yes.
> 2. If so, where is it putting mysql.sock?
It is putting it into /raid/mysql/data/mysql41.sock -- I specified this
location in the socket variable(?) in both [client] and [mysqld] sections of
the my.cnf file. my.cnf is located in /raid/mysql/data; there
BW (ST) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> I'm trying to use a socket besides the standard /tmp/mysql.sock one. I've
> tried specifying socket=/path/to/socket in both [client] and [mysqld]
> sections of my.cnf, and I've tried to edit safe_mysqld directly with this
> path. In all cases, the mysql ser
Well, this is a client error, not a server error.
What client is this?
Maybe you have another my.cnf in the data directory,
or possibly a .my.cnf file in your home directory.
BW (ST) wrote:
> I'm trying to use a socket besides the standard /tmp/mysql.sock one. I've
> tried specifying socket=/pa
Yes, I gave it 644 permissions.
- Original Message -
From: "Carsten H. Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "BW (ST)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: 'tmp/m
> I'm trying to use a socket besides the standard /tmp/mysql.sock one. I've
> tried specifying socket=/path/to/socket in both [client] and [mysqld]
> sections of my.cnf, and I've tried to edit safe_mysqld directly with this
> path. In all cases, the mysql server appears to start (no error messag
