Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:18:00 +0100 From: Shaun Friedle <shaun@insipidity.co.uk> To: chip <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installed mysql/php/apache but there's no mysql.sock file Message-ID: <1082225880.288.8.camel@Shaun> In-Reply-To: <40816CA3.8070708@wiegand.org> References: <40816CA3.8070708@wiegand.org>
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On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 18:42, chip wrote: > I then created a file in /tmp called mysql.sock but > mysql still gives the same error -[error 2002] cannot connect to local > mysql server through /tmp/mysql.sock (2). > I read the section in the mysql manual about the socket but don't see > anything about creating this file. > How do I fix this? I'm not an expert on mysql, but I believe you get that message if mysqld isn't running (and because it isn't running, it hasn't created the file). Have you checked if it is running (ps waux | grep mysqld)? If it isn't, run it (should be in the bin directory of mysql). -- Shaun Friedle
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