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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
