October 25th, 2000, 04:13 PM
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Hi
I have suse linux 6.3
The proplem is that when I try to connect to mysql I receive this error:
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/tmp/mysql.sock'
(111)
There is no mysql.sock on my machine..
I´ve been looking for an answer on this postlist but not found..
please help me .. :-)
Anna
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Anna
October 27th, 2000, 09:35 AM
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try this:
At the comand prompt type
/etc/inet.d/mysql start
or else
the path to mysqld/mysqld &
eg.
/usr/local/bin/mysqld &
November 22nd, 2000, 06:09 PM
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i have also a similar problem... im using RH7 i can only connect to mysql server using the root account. other user_name it displays the ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MYSQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)...
pls.. help....
November 23rd, 2000, 12:02 AM
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u need a daemon to connect to ur mysql server.
Try typing "mysqld" at ur Konsole to activate the daemon. When finish type "mysqladmin shutdown" to close server.