Hi, I think you have at least two ways: 1.To put the corect path to the sock file, in my.cnf configuration file. 2.To find where MySQL daemon create this file and add the argument -S to the mysql client application.
Regards, Gelu _____________________________________________________ G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY Permanent e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Murad Nayal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:42 PM Subject: forcing mysql client to use TCP socket? > > > Hello, > > how can I force mysql interactive client (actually the client library as > well) to use a TCP port on the local host > > if I do: > > mysql -h localhost -u user -p --port=2000 > > I get: > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/tmp/mysql.sock' > > what might be a problem is: it seems, for reasons I don't entirely > understand possibly related to the network configuration on this node, I > need to use the name 'localhost' rather than the actual name of the > node! > > thanks in advance for the help > > Murad > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php