Your client is configured to connect via UNIX sock on localhost. It thinks the sock is on /tmp when it's probably /var/lib/mysql
Take a look at /etc/my.cnf and make the change there or at the command line. -->-----Original Message----- -->From: azamka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -->Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:07 PM -->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -->Subject: linux and mysql socket --> -->I installed mysql manually on red hat 9. It worked fine couple days but -->from -->yesterday i am getting a weird error when i tried to run the mysql. the -->error -->statement is " Error 2002: Can't connect to local MySql server through -->socket -->'/tmp/mysql.sock'(2). --> -->I am new user of Linux and I am unable to figure out why is this -->happening. -->Please help me. --> -->thanks in advance. -->Kamran --> --> --> -->-- -->MySQL General Mailing List -->For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql -->To unsubscribe: -->http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
