probably something wrong with the permissions in the mysql database.
as a workaround, try to connect not via the local socket, but via a
tcp/ip-connection:
# mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u my-user -p my-database
or insert the real ip of the machine instead of the loopback address.
check if there is an entry in the mysql.user table with host="localhost" and
user="". this would preclude any local user to log into the database.
s.m.
Am Dienstag, 19. M�rz 2002 22:04 schrieben Sie:
> Hi,
>
> When i try to access the database which is on my Linux
> machine i get the following error:
> ERROR 2002; Can't connect to local MySQL server
> through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)
>
> There is nothing in this file, although i dont know
> how to edit it.
>
> I have gone through the Manual pages and the lists,
> all the searches for this type of ERROR, but to no
> avail.
>
> I have used the database before and have tables in
> there but for some reason i cannot get in.
>
> I don't want to reinstall it as i have tables that i
> need, I am really stuck so any help will be very much
> appreciated,
> Thanks
> Colin
>
>
>
>
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