Chris,
Friday, May 31, 2002, 4:51:37 AM, you wrote:
CG> Somewhat new to the list (and very new to mySQL), so thanks for you help
CG> in advance. I installed RedHat 7.1 (Seawolf) on a PC, and it came with
CG> mysql 3.23.36. I logged in as a regular admin user and typed mysql to
CG> get started... see what I could get accomplished just playing around.
CG> [chris@the_pc /] $ mysql
CG> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
CG> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
CG> [chris@the_pc /] $ mysqld
CG> 020530 17:43:26 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Address
CG> already in use
CG> 020530 17:43:26 Do you already have another mysqld server running on
CG> socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ?
CG> 020530 17:43:26 Aborting
CG> [chris@the_pc /] $ cd /var/lib/mysql
CG> [chris@the_pc /] $ ls -F
CG> mysql/ mysql.sock= test/ the_pc.log
CG> OK, so mysql.sock is a socket... and it exists. I checked the setup
CG> program, and mysqld is set to run at system start, but disabling this
CG> did not help at all.
CG> Any ideas/tips? Thanks again
Specify path to your socket file with --socket option.
Also check the following link, it may help you:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/C/a/Can_not_connect_to_server.html
CG> Chris Garaffa
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