On 3/13/19 5:58 AM, Dr M J Carter wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 01:33:27AM -0400, MacPorts wrote: > >> I'm sure what you're saying is correct. I'd still like to know why >> Perl could not find the socket file when it was pointed to through a >> symbolic link. > Security, I think: Perl sees a symlink where it's expecting a socket, > and refuses to be fobbed off, in case someone's attempting to hijack > your process. (X11 has a similar paranoia about insisting .Xauthority > is a Real File.) Abusing symlinks has a long and dishonourable > history in the naughtier parts of the trade. > > Hope this helps. > Dr Carter, I had wondered if the reason Perl wouldn't recognize the socket when pointed to by a link was for security, but, I have seen several comments on the web saying that they had solved this problem with a symbolic link. <speculation>Maybe the maintainers of DBD::mysql have made changes to disallow links since those comments were made.</speculation>
Carl.
