When a MySQL server starts on a local machine, by default it creates a socket file for use my client applications on the local machine. The /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock is the default path for the socket file. Did you use the MySQL binary RPM or did you build the MySQL from source? Have you checked the permissions of the MySQL directories? That is, does the user account under which MySQL runs have permissions to create the socket file. Also, I seem to remember reading somewhere that the directory "sticky bit" needs to be set in the place where the MySQL socket file is created. HTH -----Original Message----- From: Michael Sullivan [mailto:msulli1355@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 2:44 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: MySQL problem I recently set up an email server on one of the machines on my network and was attempting to set up a webmail client (it's the same machine that the web server is on.). I downloaded the Popper webmail client, and it said that I would need MySQL installed. I downloaded the binary from www.mysql.com and followed the install instructions, but when I tried to run mysql it gave me an error. I tried running mysql on another machine (which has RH9 complete install on it) and I got the same error. I've pasted the error below. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanx! This is the error: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) I've checked that location on the server PC and there is no file at that location. It's not on the RH9 complete install PC either... -Michael Sullivan- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
