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Article:		Apache Web-Serving With Mac OS X, Part 5
Subject:		ignore last entry!
Date:		2006-06-23 05:35:31
From:		carlco2
Response to: mysql socket problem solved.. OSX10.4
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

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• 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-