Re: [cobalt-users] mysql.sock

[Linking Internet - Peter Batenburg <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

uhm.. i had the same problem, mysql said he could find 
/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.. but mysqld writes the mysql.sock to /tmp... so 
the sollution could be:
mkdir /var/lib/mysql
ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

that worked for me.. or you can recompile mysql with the option:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --with-unix-socket-path=/tmp/mysql.sock

At 10:07 27-10-00 +0100, you wrote:
> Here's a good one -
>
> We are sure that someone deleted our mysql.sock yesterday ...
> When we type mysql at the prompt, it says to make sure the mysql.sock 
> exists. It has been there all along until yesterday...
>
> Does anyone know how to get this file back WITHOUT reinstalling the whole
> thing? I would be afraid of reinstalling as we have programs that are
> using the current installation, one of them being PHP.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -Kathleen