Thanks for the reply
Conducting a 'find' does not turn up the mysql.sock file anywhere on my
server. Is there any reason why the installation would not create this
file?
MySQL did create a directory under /var/lib called mysql, but mysql.sock is
not in there.
As stated, I'm running a Cobalt RaQ 3 server with Cobalt Linux OS.
> I've established that the MySQL server is running, but I cannot create
> or do anything with it. Here is some examples.
>
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
It probably created mysql.sock somewhere else on your machine. Look in
/tmp; if that doesn't work, try find / -name "mysql.sock" to search your
whole disk for it.
Once you've found it, type:
cd /var/lib/mysql
ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock mysql.sock
substituting the correct path name for /tmp/mysql.sock. This will create a
symbolic link between /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock and /tmp/mysql.sock so
that both of them are treated as the same file. Then everything should
work.
-Philip Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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