Re: Error with Acid

[Kevin Johnson <kjohnson () secureideas net>]

On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 05:49, sam wun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me why I got the following error:
>
> *Error (p)connecting to DB : *snort@localhost:3306
...
> *Database ERROR:*Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> There is no mysql.sock in the /tmp directory.
...
> Thanks
> Sam

Hi-

Verify that your mysql server is running.  When it starts up, it creates
the /tmp/mysql.sock file which mysql clients use to connect.

Kevin
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