[Leaplist] Mysql connection problem

[Mark W. Alexander]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 02:39:02AM +0530, Deepan wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am able to connect to Mysql via command line
> using mysql client. I am also able to connect to
> mysql via php if I run those php programs via
> command line. However when I hit those php pages
> via the browser it throws the error Can't connect
> to local MySQL server through socket
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2). Please note that this is
> the same socket the mysql client tries to connect
> to the server.

Have you checked ownership and permissions on /tmp/mysql.sock? In order for
"pages" to access MySQL, the web server (I assume apache) needs to be able to
access the socket.

mwa
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