Posted by kenoli on 02/16/07 15:17

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

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