check for a .my.cnf file in the user's home directory. It may have
conflicting entries.
Brad Emerson wrote:
>
> When I am logged in to my Linux system as root mysqladmin works
> correctly. i.e. finds mysql.sock in the correct location.
>
> When I am logged in as a normal user I get this error:
>
> Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. blah blah... (This is *not* the correct
> mysql.sock)
>
>
> The issue is that my.cnf indicates /var/tmp/mysql.sock for both client
> and mysqld. And... it works fine when I am logged in as root. As a
> user it's trying to use the wrong mysql.sock file. Any idea how to
> fix this? How I achieved the screwed up state?
>
> BTW, if I use --socket=/var/tmp/mysql.sock it works. I hesitate to
> consider it a longtem solution.
>
> Brad Emerson
>
>
>
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