On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, tait sanders wrote:
> yep I've already done this.
> everything I do comes back with the same error:
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> I even deleted the mysql.sock and used 'mysql_config --socket' to
> recreate it.
> t
On 16/01/2004, at 12:32 PM, Gregory Newby wrote:
From your description, it's not clear whether you already did this.
If you installed other than with a binary distribution from
mysql.com (or a mirror), it is possible that things are in somewhat
different locations than in the INSTALL-BINARY file.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:04:38PM +1100, tait sanders wrote:
> well I found my hostname.err file.
> It states this:
>
> "mysqld started
> InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
> The error means that mysqld does not have the access rights to the
> directory.
> mysqld ended
well I found my hostname.err file.
It states this:
"mysqld started
InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
The error means that mysqld does not have the access rights to the
directory.
mysqld ended."
so okay - how do I give mysqld the rights to the directory??
I've got mysq
Hi, Tait. It sounds like your server is never actually
starting properly. There could be any number of reasons for
this - it's best to work through the installation instructions
that came with the package.
To see what failed, chances are good there is an entry
in the error log (it will probably
