Ok, after applying every "fix" for this i can find, i need an answer.
i get the following when trying to connect to mysql
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
ive tried the following "fixes":
chmod 775 /var/lib/mysql/
chmod o+t /tmp
and I've made sure mysqld is running:
[root@localhost mysql]# mysqladmin -p version
Enter password:
mysqladmin Ver 8.21 Distrib 3.23.41, for redhat-linux-gnu on i386
Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license
Server version 3.23.42
Protocol version 10
Connection Localhost via UNIX socket
UNIX socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
Uptime: 19 hours 31 min 8 sec
Threads: 1 Questions: 5 Slow queries: 0 Opens: 7 Flush tables: 1
Open tables: 1 Queries per second avg: 0.000
[root@localhost mysql]#
I'm trying to connect with mysqlgui because i'm a wuss FileMakerPro
convert. I installed MySQL on Mandrake 8.1 with the rpm. I installed
mysql-server-3.23.41-1 along with the mysql shown.
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