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Re: Can't connect to MySQL through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (HELP!)
Posted by: Paul McArdle
Date: July 03, 2005 02:32AM

find the file mysql.sock on your machine.
create a link to it, something like...
#ln /pathto/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
and try mysql -u root again.

there are other ways, but this is easier to explain.

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