RE: MySQL problem

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On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 18:12, L. Christopher Luther wrote:
> 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.  

Please note that none of these are valid concerns where the stock
mysql-* binary RPMs have been used.  Red Hat packages MySQL so that
basic database usage can occur "out of the box", i.e., creating
databases and tables, connecting to databases, etc.

-- 
Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net


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