Re: mysql_config (4.0.21) returning the wrong socket location

Caron, Christian wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I installed a fresh copie of MySQL 4.0.21 on Solaris 8 (Sparc). I did put
> the following in the my.cnf file:
> 
> ==================================
> [mysqld]
> User=mysql
> Port=3306
> Socket=/usr/local/mysql/mysql.sock
> log
> 
> [client]
> socket=/usr/local/mysql/mysql.sock
> ==================================
> 
> When I start MySQL, it does create the socket in /usr/local/mysql/. When I
> (or PHP, or Perl) ask mysql_config about the socket, it returns
> "/tmp/mysql.sock"...
> 
> nrn6# ls -l /usr/local/mysql/mysql.sock
> srwxrwxrwx   1 mysql    mysql          0 Oct 21 09:30
> /usr/local/mysql/mysql.sock
> 
> nrn6# ls -l /tmp/mysql.sock
> /tmp/mysql.sock: No such file or directory
> 
> nrn6# /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config --socket
> /tmp/mysql.sock
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> -
> Christian Caron
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