Re: Naive User

On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:59:57 +0000
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 16/01/2022 09:18, pinnerite wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:44:44 +0100
> > "J.O. Aho" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 15/01/2022 23.56, pinnerite wrote:
> >>> When I try to start MySQL from a Linux Mint 20.3 terminal, it returns this:
> >>>
> >>> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
> >>>
> >>> I cannot find any configuration file that points to that address.
> >>>
> >>> How does MySQL know to look there?
> >>>
> >>
> >> The mysql daemon hasn't been started
> >>
> >> sudo systemctl start mysql
> >>
> >> if you want it to be automatically started after each reboot, then run this:
> >>
> >> sudo systemctl enable mysql
> >>
> >>
> >> -- 
> >>
> >>    //Aho
> > 
> > That still doesn't answer my question.
> > 
> > What directs MySQL to look to var/run/mysqld to locate the socket file?
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> On my system:
> 
> $cd /etc/mysql
> $ grep sock *.cnf */*.cnf
> 
> mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf:# socket	= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
> 
> But I think its a compiled in default. That can be changed there.
> 
It does look like it. Thanks.
 





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