[Techtalk] Starting mysql server

[Gina Feichtinger]

Hi Anne,

On 19.10.2008 12:55 Uhr, Anne Wainwright wrote:
> I am running mysql 4.1
> 
> Cannot get the server mysqld to run which I trace down to a missing /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
> There is no copy anywhere on the installation (just upgraded).
> Maybe this is by design?
> 
> Any suggestions please

Just a quick shot (since I'm everything but a mysql expert) - FWIK
mysql.sock gets created when you start mysql(d). Does the directory
/var/run/mysqld exist so the socket can be created?

Cheers,

Gina
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