Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 19:21:50 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What happened to my /tmp/mysql.sock ?!!??! Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNY9MH1fFrfF=25%2BquxeUvLR1B71QpUo9v-fyi4egv25g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkGMdp7sev9=UnE1sMQA9ni6-sBKfdE78-T28VPM2Hd%2BA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXkGMdp7sev9=UnE1sMQA9ni6-sBKfdE78-T28VPM2Hd%2BA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 6:51 PM Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > I accidentally erased the above file and now no matter what I try > (even a complete fresh install of the OS!?!?!) I can not get it made.. > It appears it comes prebroken actually due to manually attempt to > start the service > > So the question is how on earth do I make this file... spent a while > searching the web and fighting with chatGPT to no avail. > That file is created automatically when MySQL is started. It is a Unix socket. You do not need a complete reinstall of the OS to solve this problem. Just find out what is stopping MySQL service from starting. You do not even need to reinstall MySQL! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 6:51 PM Aryeh Friedman <<a href="mailto:aryeh.friedman@gmail.com">aryeh.friedman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I accidentally erased the above file and now no matter what I try<br> (even a complete fresh install of the OS!?!?!) I can not get it made..<br> It appears it comes prebroken actually due to manually attempt to<br> start the service<br> <br> So the question is how on earth do I make this file... spent a while<br> searching the web and fighting with chatGPT to no avail.<br></blockquote><div></div></div><br>That file is created automatically when MySQL is started. It is a Unix socket.<div>You do not need a complete reinstall of the OS to solve this problem.</div><div>Just find out what is stopping MySQL service from starting.</div><div>You do not even need to reinstall MySQL!<br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">", </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">egrep -v '^$|^.*#' </span><span style="background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:"Lucida Console",Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:13.6px">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> :-)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target="_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>;
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