Andrew Stein wrote: > hi, I am looking for some tech help with mysql on my > linux computers. basicly, I am getting the following > error > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server > through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)
Does this file exist? Does the directory "/var/lib/mysql" exist? I got this message when I installed mysql in a location what was not the default. The solution was to edit the script "safe_mysqld" and set the location of the socket file to "/tmp" using the environment variable "MYSQL_UNIX_PORT". > > > What I want to do is run mysql localy, not over a > network or anything odd. I have three linux boxes > which all need to be running mysql. > > Should someone be able to come in person(I live in > Davis) and help me I would be more than willing to pay > you for your time. > > ===== > ----------------- > Andrew Stein > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
