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Thread-Topic: installed mysql/php/apache but there's no mysql.sock file
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Subject: RE: installed mysql/php/apache but there's no mysql.sock file
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=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of=20
> Shaun Friedle
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:18 PM
> To: chip
> Cc: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: installed mysql/php/apache but there's no mysql.sock file
>=20
> On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 18:42, chip wrote:=20
> > I then created a file in /tmp called mysql.sock but mysql=20
> still gives=20
> > the same error -[error 2002] cannot connect to local mysql server=20
> > through /tmp/mysql.sock (2).
> > I read the section in the mysql manual about the socket but=20
> don't see=20
> > anything about creating this file.
> > How do I fix this?
>=20

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh start

should do the trick....