# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-23 11:11:28 -0400:
> I have updated mySQL to the 4.0.13-standard and had no problems UNTIL I
> attempted to run mysql_fix_privileges. This is the error I get:
>
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> /tmp is:
> drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 4096 Jun 23 11:21 tmp
>
> and mysql.sock is ACTUALLY located in /var/lib/mysql.
>
> Where do I need to look to change the location from /tmp to /var/lib/mysql
> for this particular file?
Looks like you have either not upgraded you client (server puts the
socket in /var/lib/mysql, but the client expects it in /tmp), and/or
you have conflicting definitions my my.cnf file(s).
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