From: Dan Nelson Date: January 5 2003 9:54pm Subject: Re: Mysql.sock gets deleated List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/129081 Message-Id: <20030105215456.GA30816@dan.emsphone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In the last episode (Jan 05), Smart Guy said: > I installed mysql from rpm package on redhat linux 8.0 > and it works fine, but next time i reboot the machine > /var/lib/mysql.sock gets deleated and mysql stops > working .... Mysql creates /var/lib/mysql.sock when it starts up. Are you sure you have the mysql service set to start on bootup? -- Dan Nelson dnelson@stripped