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Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

JEME — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:25:56 -0000

Good day qmchenry,

I try with de line:
mysql --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock ...

but now the terminal list this error:

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

would you can help me

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

Steven Sheffey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:37:04 -0000

Hi guys, I to have this problem and I'm new to mySQL and PHP. Where are you guys locating all these directories such as: /var/lib/mysql or /usr/local/mysql/data ?

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:25:37 -0000

Excellent nugget of information:

It came in real handy when the geniouses at opensuse broke an update of mysql to mysql-5.1.34-29.1 by putting the mysql.sock and mysqld.pid in /var/run/mysql instead of /var/lib/mysql as normal. Great quick fix was found here. In addition to /etc/my.cnf, the init script at /usr/sbin/rcmysql needed to be fixed as well.

Thanks

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

gogster — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:23:45 -0000

of course in this problem command:

mysql_connect("localhost",...);

not work

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

gogster — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:21:22 -0000

I am on client side. I can't change serwer settings. Can send php scripts only! It would be usefull if it will be my own serwer, but it isnt.. So your's advice is useless..

The reason fo client is bad serwer name in "mysql_connect" function. For example database is:
"http://abc.def.ghi.com/mysql5/"
so you should use it properly like this:

mysql_connect("abc.def.ghi.com",...);

insted of not properly like this:

mysql_connect("http://abc.def.ghi.com/mysql5/",...);

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

obaid — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:29:09 -0000

can this type of error be generated by something like:
mysql_fetch_assoc();
/*as you can see the resource parameter of mysql_fetch_assoc(<$resource>)*/ is missing
do help please...!!!

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

arun — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:30:44 -0000

I found the following in the MySQL documentation:

1. Log in as the root user. ("Start" => "Switch User")
2. Open a terminal window (the icon that looks like a monitor behind a clamshell).
3. Type "cd /bin" enter (no quotes). :: usually not nessecary ::
4. Type "mysql_install_db --user=mysql

This is from: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/595...

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

özcan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:35:07 -0000

turkey

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

Jonathan Dear — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:47:40 -0000

Should I be able to connect to MySQL over my LAN? I am running MAMP on Tiger, and can connect using MAMP's built in tools, but preferred the look of Sequel Pro, which I can use to connect with MySQL on the local machine using LocalHost, root user, and password, port 8889 and Socket: /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock. However when I try to connect to that Mac from another on the LAN, which works to MAMP fine via http://192.168.0.4:8888/ It says Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock' (2). I'm confused. MAMP's using port 8888, and MySQL's using port 8889. How can I get pass both in the URL? Or am I all wrong here? Any suggestions?

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:38:43 -0000

<ul id="quote"><h6>hans gruber wrote:</h6>This may *sound* like a kludge as this will **CONFIRM** the abovestated steps.

Simply create a symbolic link under the "/tmp" directory BACK to the "mysql.sock" file. Make sure that it's worldwide read/write-able. To do so would be like this:

cd /tmp
ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

Try it then -- if it is still having trouble, then you might have something else wrong; otherwise, this is because of the RPM installation that you might've used from Red Hat (aka "Fedora").

Just a friendly hint....cheers!

hg</ul>

Actually, this helped tremendously. I am on OS X 10.5 and I don't seem to have a my.cnf file. However, when I tried to connect to mysql, I got the norm error can't connect to . . . through socket . . . "/var/mysql/mysql.sock". A quick search confirmed that /var/mysql/mysql.sock did not exist. I would not have known how to fix this (as a copy paste would not have worked for a socket file) so your post was the solution I implemented, creating a link in /var/mysql that targeted the /tmp/mysql.sock

Thanks!

crab

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:42:30 -0000

For SUSE uers (maybe others)..

:: QUOTE ::
YaST stops a little short of fully installing MySQL. ...

I checked the /var/lib/mysql/ directory only to find it empty! This directory is supposed to include the MySQL foundation files that are necessary to make it all work.

I found the following in the MySQL documentation:

1. Log in as the root user. ("Start" => "Switch User")
2. Open a terminal window (the icon that looks like a monitor behind a clamshell).
3. Type "cd /bin" enter (no quotes). :: usually not nessecary ::
4. Type "mysql_install_db --user=mysql

This is from: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/595...

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

Paradigm — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:26:44 -0000

Also, this message could mean the the deamon mysqld isn't running, and no socket file has been created.

Re: Solve: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock | MySQL | Tech-Recipes

hans gruber — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 04:48:39 -0000

This may *sound* like a kludge as this will **CONFIRM** the abovestated steps.

Simply create a symbolic link under the "/tmp" directory BACK to the "mysql.sock" file. Make sure that it's worldwide read/write-able. To do so would be like this:

cd /tmp
ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

Try it then -- if it is still having trouble, then you might have something else wrong; otherwise, this is because of the RPM installation that you might've used from Red Hat (aka "Fedora").

Just a friendly hint....cheers!

hg