Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:32:03 -0800 From: Jose Borquez <bsdlists@sbcglobal.net> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't connect to local MySQL server Message-ID: <439FD883.8050208@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <20051214081453.GF35115@ns2.wananchi.com> References: <439FC7D1.9070907@sbcglobal.net> <20051214081453.GF35115@ns2.wananchi.com>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote: >* On 13/12/05 23:20 -0800, Jose Borquez wrote: > > >>I am attempting to create a mysql database so that I can install Group >>Office using >>mysqladmin create groupoffice and I keep getting the following errors: >> >>mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed >>error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket >>'/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)' >>Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists! >> >>I looked in /tmp and mysql.sock is not there. >> >>Can someone please tell me what is wrong and what I need to do to >>correct this? >> >> > > >echo "mysql_enable="YES"" >> /etc/rc.conf >sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh start >ls -al /tmp/mysql.sock # If it's still missing, let me know! > > >-Wash > >http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > >-- >+======================================================================+ > |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> >Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 >+======================================================================+ >Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid >back. > > > > Thanks for the help, but I figured it out. Jose
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