Re: Snort and mysql.sock

[Dirk Geschke <Dirk_Geschke () genua de>]

Hi,

> FATAL ERROR: database: mysql_error: Can't connect to local MySQL server
> throughsocket '/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> I searched thru the snort.conf but I can't find this variable..
> Please tell me the sock path isn't hardcoded into snort...

this is the compiled in default for the used library. But as with
the server you can specify the client part in my.cnf:

[client]
socket          = /var/www/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock

Best regards

Dirk




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