Re: RADIUS-MySQL problem

Hi,

I upgraded my SuSE to 9.2, and installed radius and mysql. Now, they
both point to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. I guess multiple
installations of mysql was the reason for different mysql.sock paths.

Thanks,
Shashi.


On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:02:49 +0100, Georges Arnould <[email protected]> wrote:
> I believe that I remember that :
> 
> - When you connect MySQL with "localhost", it tries to use the socket
> (wherever it is located)
> - When you connect it with "127.0.0.1", it uses the network (lo) layer.
> 
> Georges
> 
> scsi valli a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to use radauth, but I get an Authentication error-
> > Auth.error: [MYSQL] cannot connecto to localhost as root: Can't
> > connect to local MySQL server through socket
> > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> >
> > I have MySQL running with --user=root. I tried running with other user
> > names, and changing in the sqlserver to have the same user name, but
> > still get a similar error as above.
> >
> > In my MySQL database, I have a RADIUS database, with the passwd and
> > attrib tables populated. The passwd table has user name and password,
> > while the attrib table has values for NAS-IP-Address and NAS-IP-Port
> > set to 127.0.0.1 and 1812 respectively.
> >
> > The MySQL is running on port 3036, and I have the port in sqlserver
> > set to 3036, with servername as localhost.
> >
> > I am doubting that something is wrong with the users file. It just
> > contains the Default entry
> > DEFAULT Auth-Type = SQL,
> > Simultaneous-Use = 1
> > Service-Type = Framed-User,
> > Framed-Protocol = PPP
> >
> > Do I have to add an entry here for user 'radius' as well??
> >
> > Please let me know how to overcome the problem.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > shashi.
> >
> > 
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