Re: mysqldump -> Unknown suffix '/'

[Kelly Jones]

I also have mySQL 4.0.18 on Debian.

I was getting the exact same error message. I never tried running mysqldump, though. I was receiving the error upon trying ANYTHING at all with mysqladmin. I couldn't even get it to tell me "mysqladmin --version" without getting the "unknown suffix" thing

I tracked down every bash and/or perl script on my system that I could find, and opened them all up in a text editor to see if I could find where the heck the "socket" variable was trying to set itself to something with an unknown suffix

I also checked the configuration file "my.cnf" to see if I saw anything fishy in there, but everything looked okay to me.

Well, after hours of searching, I decided to try deleting my.cnf

IT WORKED!!! I have absolutely ZERO idea why, but it actually solved my problem.

So try and find my.cnf (for me, it was at /etc/mysql/my.cnf - but i have a book that says it can be located at /etc/my.cnf) I went ahead and saved a copy to a floppy disk in case I ever need to get my.cnf back, and then I deleted it!! IT WORKED. I'm still in shock.

best of luck to anyone else out there looking for a solution to this same problem