Sorry I meant to say your database config within the Cacti application. >From the link that I sent previously it makes me think its looking for the socket to be in /tmp
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Stormont, Stephen (IMS) < stormo...@imsweb.com> wrote: > mysql> status > > -------------- > > mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.61, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using > readline 5.1 > > > > Connection id: 16 > > Current database: > > Current user: root@localhost > > SSL: Not in use > > Current pager: stdout > > Using outfile: '' > > Using delimiter: ; > > Server version: 5.1.61 Source distribution > > Protocol version: 10 > > Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket > > Server characterset: latin1 > > Db characterset: latin1 > > Client characterset: latin1 > > Conn. characterset: latin1 > > UNIX socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > Uptime: 50 min 29 sec > > > > > > *From:* Jonathan Sundquist [mailto:jsundqu...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, October 26, 2012 2:18 PM > > *To:* Stormont, Stephen (IMS) > *Cc:* php-install@lists.php.net > *Subject:* Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Symbolic link needed with mysql and PHP? > > > > When you look at your database configuration where does it say the socket > is located? > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Stormont, Stephen (IMS) < > stormo...@imsweb.com> wrote: > > I followed those steps which is what led us to the > creation of the symbolic link, but I was attempting to find out why we > would even need to do that. Was there some option that we missed at build > time for PHP that would have bypassed this issue? > > > > *From:* Jonathan Sundquist [mailto:jsundqu...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, October 26, 2012 2:11 PM > *To:* Stormont, Stephen (IMS) > *Cc:* php-install@lists.php.net > *Subject:* Re: [PHP-INSTALL] Symbolic link needed with mysql and PHP? > > > > A quick google search turned up a few answers that might help you, > > > > http://docs.cacti.net/manual:087:4_help.1_faq#database_setup_seems_to_fail > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Stormont, Stephen (IMS) < > stormo...@imsweb.com> wrote: > > We have a new CentOS installation using PHP5 and MySQL. We were having an > issue getting Cacti running, but the problem appears to boil down to a PHP > issue. > > When attempting to access Cacti via the web, we got this error: > > FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'. Please make sure you > have specified a valid MySQL database name in 'include/config.php' > > We checked config.php and everything is configured correctly. > > We then looked at "my.cnf" and saw this line: > socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > Running "netstat -an | grep mysql" says the following: > unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 11035 > /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > However, we have to create a symbolic link in /tmp in order to be able to > get to the Cacti config screen: > ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock mysql.sock > > Why do we have to do this though? > > ________________________________ > > Information in this e-mail may be confidential. It is intended only for > the addressee(s) identified above. If you are not the addressee(s), or an > employee or agent of the addressee(s), please note that any dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender of the > error. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Information in this e-mail may be confidential. It is intended only for > the addressee(s) identified above. If you are not the addressee(s), or an > employee or agent of the addressee(s), please note that any dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender of the > error. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Information in this e-mail may be confidential. It is intended only for > the addressee(s) identified above. If you are not the addressee(s), or an > employee or agent of the addressee(s), please note that any dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender of the > error. >
