Well, we beating this to death because we don't know whether Michael Sullivan [msulli1355@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] installed from binary RPMs, source RPMs, or a source tar ball(s). And Mr. Sullivan hasn't re-posted since his initial request for help (or at least I've not received any other posts from him). >From what I've seen, it seems that when most people have this problem that it's permissions related or they're attempting to use the wrong sock file when connecting from a client. And yes, RH does package MySQL so that it can be used right-out-of-the-box. But did Mr. Sullivan use RH's base packages??? -----Original Message----- From: Jason Dixon [mailto:jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:17 PM To: Red Hat Mailing List Subject: RE: MySQL problem 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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
