On Sunday, 15 May 2005 at 21:53:01 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2005 15:37:11 -0400 > Eric Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here's the error I get.... > > > > ****begin error message****** > > > > max# mysql -u root -p > > Enter password: > > ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > > '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) > ---- cut ---- > > So then I did this, as root .... > > > > max# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh start > > you have to specifically enable it in /etc/rc.conf : > > mysql_enable="YES" > > it's documented in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh
Thank you; that did it! My apologies for not reading the documentation---but I didn't know that's where I'd find the answer. And thanks for the quick response....I think I waited all of 10 minutes! I have to say FreeBSD is just terrific. I used FreeBSD for about nine months about 2 or 3 years ago. I loved it then, but had to move to another unix-like OS for reasons that had nothing to do with FreeBSD. I put 5.4 on a machine Friday night and it has just been a terrific experience. I'm amazed about how "current" the software is, and yet it seems to be a very stable release. And now I get help from the list in about 10 minutes! People really should feel proud about FreeBSD. Great work! Many thanks to all.... -- <Eric Cheney> [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
