Re: mysql.sock doesn't exist

[Sean Macmillan]

I am having a similar problem.  I looked at another Linux machine that 
has MySQL 4.0.13 running on it and the file /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock 
is there but it is empty.  So I created the file, chmod to 777 and then 
tried to light up /usr/bin/mysqld_safe and it is giving the same error 
message you are getting..."Can't connect to local MySQL server through 
socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)".  Further examination shows 
that the file I manually created was blown away after trying to light 
it up.

So now that makes two of us with the same problem, if I figure it out I 
will be sure to let you know, please if you do figure it out let me 
know too.

On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 01:35 PM, Kevin H. Phillips wrote:

Well, the find / -name mysql.sock didn't return anything at all so 
this *is* an odd predicament.  Would it work if someone with a similar 
version e-mailed me a copy of their mysql.sock file?

Kevin

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> John Nichel wrote:
It doesn't look as if you have any conflicting MySQL versions.  When 
the server is running, have you looked for the socket (someone may 
have already asked you this, but I'm running out of ideas)?

find / -name mysql.sock

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