The permissions on the socket are rwxrwxrwx -- I don't see how that could be the problem. >>> "Chris" <dmagick@xxxxxxxxx> 10/29/2006 4:34 PM >>> ROGER DEBRY wrote: > skip-networking is uncommented in the [mysqld] section of my.cnf > > I did discover something interesting this morning. > When starting the MySQL server with mysqld_safe, > I cannot connect to the server with my php script. > However, I started the server this morning with /etc/init.d/mysqld start, > and the php script connects just fine. > Can anyone tell me why the difference? Permissions on the socket file most likely. Skip-Networking should be uncommented (that is you only connect via sockets) unless you specifically need remote network connections. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php