On mié, 2004-05-19 at 19:22, Rick Widmer wrote:
>
>
> Tom Collins wrote:
>
> > On May 19, 2004, at 12:25 PM, Luciano Bello wrote:
> >
> >> With the command line client, now I need to write the '-h
> >> 127.0.0.1'. In vchkpw/etc/vpopmail.mysql i have
> >> localhost|3306|root|<myrootpass>|vpopmail
> >
> >
> > Try replacing 'localhost' with '127.0.0.1'. I seem to recall reading
> > somewhere that MySQL would use a socket connection (in the file system)
> > instead of a TCP connection when given localhost. Using 127.0.0.1
> > forces the use of TCP.
>
> While that is a good idea for a test, if you find it works with
> 127.0.0.1 and not localhost, you should then find out what is wrong with
> the socket connection. If you are running qmailadmin and MySQL on the
> same machine, the socket connection via 'localhost' will be faster.
>
> Usually it is permission on or above the directory where the socket is
> located, or a mismatch between where a distribution specific MySQL
> install, and a user compiled version place the socket. Does the MySQL
> command line program work with localhost connections when run by the web
> server user? Is there more than one version of MySQL installed on the
> machine?
>
> Rick
No... i just have one MySQL server.
