Re: mysql.sock

[Eugene Patek <eugene_patek () yahoo com>]

Mike,

make sure that user which starts myqsld has write
permissions to the /var/lib/mysql directory.
Also, at least in version 3.x of mysql, preffered way
of starting it is safe_mysqld.
I hope this helps.

Regards,

-- Eugene Patek
--- "Lawrence, Michael" <MLawrence () soroc com> wrote:
> I have a fresh install of Slackware 9.1. Installed
> Mysql with the install of
> the OS. When attempting to start mysqld, I receive
> an error stating it can
> not connect to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. When I
> searched for mysql.sock, it
> is not on the system. How do I go about creating
> mysql.sock?
>
> Mike
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