Ok, someone mentioned that I did not have an appropriate permission to access mysql.sock directory. Guess what? He was right on the spot. So for whomever who reads this, the solution proposed is to `chmod 755 /usr/local/mysql/tmp' Thanks to that individual who assisted me on this. On 9/2/05, Fen Lu <gojyo.akayi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > how about change > bind-address = 127.0.0.1 > to > bind-address = your.real.ip.address > > may be it works. > I got the same trouble a few days ago, but I forgot how I fixed it .. :-( > > some changes in my.cnf > > On 8/30/05, Evan J <maps.this.address@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am running PHP 5.0.4 and MySQL 4.1.3a. (+Apache 2.0.54) When I run a > > PHP script that attempts to connect to MySQL I get the following > > error: > > > > Database ERROR:Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock' (13) > > > > I have placed my socket file on such location when I was configuring > > MySQL and PHP was compiled with > > --with-mysql-sock=/usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock (and > even with > > /usr/local/mysql/tmp). I even edited my php.ini > > (/usr/local/php/lib/php.ini, I have installed PHP with > > --prefix=/usr/local/php) and modified variable: > > > > mysql.default_socket = "/usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock" > > > > It still refuses to connect through the socket! I have also run a > > simple mysql_connect() script to see if the intended script was the > > culprit but again, it could not connect to MySQL. > > > > phpinfo() indicates the following: > > > > MYSQL_SOCKET /usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock > > MYSQL_INCLUDE -I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql > > MYSQL_LIBS -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql > -lmysqlclient > > > > And for directives: > > mysql.default_port no value no value > > mysql.default_socket /usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock > /usr/local/mysql/tmp/mysql.sock > > > > That being said, I "CAN" connect to the database via "127.0.0.1" > > through TCP/IP but not through Unix Socket file. The permissions on > > mysql.sock is: > > > > ls -la /usr/local/mysql/tmp/ > > total 0 > > drwxrwx--- 2 mysql mysql 80 2005-08-24 22:09 ./ > > drwxr-xr-x 13 root mysql 328 2005-08-22 20:03 ../ > > srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 2005-08-24 22:09 mysql.sock= > > > > Again, I can connect to DB through other programs (non-php) or via > > commandline and even TCP but not through Unix socket file!! > > > > Any ideas? > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List ( http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > -- > From : Fen lu -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
