|  | Posted by Tom on 02/16/07 17:55 
On 16 Feb 2007 07:17:13 -0800, kenoli wrote...>
 >On Feb 15, 2:44 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
 >
 >> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through
 >> socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
 >>
 >> I will read up a little more I guess. One day I might actually
 >> get some progress.
 >>
 >> --
 >> dorayme
 >
 >Check out this site:
 >
 >http://www.entropy.ch/software/MacOSx/mysql/
 >
 >especially the forums.  I remember some issue about the way the tmp/
 >directory is used.  It is a directory that is used by a number of
 >applications for temporary files and there are issues related to
 >linking to it and automatically deleting files.  I wish I understood
 >this adequately to explain it myself, but I think you will find some
 >info  on this site to help you.  I had some trouble at first getting
 >things working and since then it has all been so stable that I forgot
 >the original issues.
 >
 >Liyanage's site was at least once the gold standard for installing
 >mysql on a Mac.
 >
 >--Kenoli
 >
 
 Maybe the permission settings on /tmp are too strict and MySQL can't access the
 directory to write in it?
 
 Tom
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