I am working in Linux for about 2 week now . Got to run Mysql,PHP3 and
Apache after nights without sleep.
I had to research alot and also thanks to those helpful people on this list
I did it. So I am not a GURU yet, so I would say try this link, it was
helpful to me. http://www.penguinmagazine.com/Magazine/This_Issue/0010/3
Got to go and install chilisoft ASP.
BYE.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 4:16 PM
Subject: Problem connecting to mysql
> This is a repost of a post to the mysql list. The only response I
> received there was that I shouldn'g mess with the permission tables
> directly. My problem is connecting to mysql.sock. This may be
> addressed more appropriately here on the RH list. Hope someone can give
> me a hand.
>
>
> I'd appreciate some pointers to get me going in the right direction
>
> MySQL version 3.22.30
> OS Linux RH 6.1 on Athlon 700
>
> I am having trouble connecting to mysql as anything other than root.
> I have added a user with
>
> insert into user host, user, password values('localhost',
> 'inspiron', password('rwhart') ) ;
>
> select host, user, password from user; lists the user, server and an
> encrypted password okay.
>
> Then I logout and log back in as user 'XXXXXXX' with pwd 'YYYYYY' then
> issue
> mysql -h localhost -u inspiron -prwhart
> Note: 'XXXXXXX' and 'YYYYYYY' above are different and of mixed case
> that the username and passwords used to connect to MySQL.
>
> The follow error is returned:
>
> error 2002: Can't connect o local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql.sock' (111)
>
> Does anyone have some suggestions re: where to start ferreting out the
> fix. My reasons are that I am trying to learn PHP based scripting for
> interactive web pages that I plan to implement on an intranet for a
> medical database.
>
> TIA
>
>
> Bob Hartung
>
>
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