On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 03:05:45AM +0200, guillaume meurice wrote:
> > > the probleme i have now is :
> > > "can't connect to local mysql server througth
> > socket
> > > '/tmp/mysql.socket' when i try to launch mysql.
> > 
> i try this and check that /var/mysql was own by mysql
> user and group.
> the pb is that i havn't /tmp/mysql.sock.
> i saw that the solution was to make a symbolik link to
> /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock in my tmp directory, but I
> havn't this directory...
> moreover, i can't find anywhere a file name mysql.sock

Have you actually started mysql server?
Try '/usr/pkg/etc/rc.d/mysql forcestart' at the command line.

 - Chris

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