/tmp/mysql.sock Problem: Not There (Mac OS X)

[libsys]

/tmp/mysql.sock Problem: Not There (Mac OS X)
Hello All,

I'm a total newb with Mac OS X, and a total new w/installing MySQL. That being said, when I installed MySQL initially today, it seemed to work just fine. Having shut off my computer to do some other stuff, I am now getting the following error:

error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)'

So, it would seem that this file must exist in order for MySQL to work, but it's not there. I read that this might be due to a cron job that automatically cleans out the tmp folder, which makes sense. The only items I see in the tmp directory are 501 and mcx_compositor (file).

Any suggestions?...especially basic ones?

Oh, yes, I should also mention that my Mac help application stopped working. Spiffy...perhaps unrelated but i thought I'd just mention that.

Thanks!!!!!

[platinum]

The file in /tmp/ is just a link, you can just make a new link by going

ln -s /path/to/mysql.sock mysql.sock

Depending where mysql is installed depends on where /path/to will point

[libsys]

platinum, thanks for your generous help!!

I had created a symbolic link to /private/tmp yesterday but had not been able to see if that worked just then...apparently it did, because mysql starts right up now.

Incidentally, here is where I found this fix:

http://www.iwalt.com/weblog/2003/01/mysqlsnafu

The file in /tmp/ is just a link, you can just make a new link by going

ln -s /path/to/mysql.sock mysql.sock

Depending where mysql is installed depends on where /path/to will point