Article:		Apache Web-Serving With Mac OS X, Part 5
Subject:		mysql socket problem solved.. OSX10.4
Date:		2006-06-23 04:59:13
From:		carlco2
Response to: mysql socket problem
After updating to Mac OS X 10.4.4, you may find that the connection between PHP and MySQL running on your local webserver is broken. Apparently the socket file got moved in the update. You can make it start working again by entering the following commands in a Terminal window: $ sudo mkdir /var/mysql $ sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060111113313511

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• ignore last entry!
  2006-06-23 05:35:31  carlco2 [View]
  
  
  The reason you must not use /tmp/mysql.sock is that any Tom, Dick or Other can simply delete it and bring your php-mysql system down.
  
  The fix is actually simple:
  sudo mkdir -p /var/mysql
  sudo chgrp mysql /var/mysql
  sudo chmog g+w /var/mysql
  
  edit/create /private/etc/my.cnf and add the line:
  socket=/var/mysql/mysql.sock
  
  restart mysql
  
  now the new php wil find the socket info in the right place, if you change php then you might need to tell that about the new secure location.
  http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060111113313511
• ignore last entry!
  2007-01-23 19:42:33  bobga [View]
  
  
  in the my.cnf (mine is in /etc/my.cnf) file you need two sections to contain the socket directive
  
  [client]
  socket=/var/mysql/mysql.sock
  
  [mysql]
  socket=/var/mysql/mysql.sock
  
  Without both of them you are pointing to different sockets (with the server (mysql) mysqld and the client (client) mysql and mysqladmin apps)
  
  It may be better just to copy one of the sample cnf files from /usr/local/mysql/support-files. Copy one of the samples (i used my-small.cnf as it's just for my home web server) to /etc/my.cnf and edit as needed (i.e. change /tmp/mysql.sock to /var/mysql/mysql.sock)
  
  Good luck,
  s-