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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