From yu_music@hotmail.com Sat Sep 15 09:32:50 2001 Received: from mxu103.u.washington.edu (mxu103.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f8FGWm009820 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:32:48 -0700 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by mxu103.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with SMTP id f8FGWmv13829 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:32:48 -0700 Received: FROM hotmail.com BY mxu3.u.washington.edu ; Sat Sep 15 09:32:48 2001 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:32:47 -0700 Received: from 24.9.60.209 by lw4fd.law4.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 16:32:46 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.9.60.209] From: "Dejan Nikic" To: linux@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: mySQL on dante... Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:32:46 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Sep 2001 16:32:47.0112 (UTC) FILETIME=[0D8B7880:01C13E04] I had the same problem. Figure out on what server the MySQL is running and then place that in MySQL database as the host. >From: "JAY HYUN RYU" >Reply-To: linux@u.washington.edu >To: UW Linux Group >Subject: mySQL on dante... >Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:27:10 -0700 > >Dear All > >After following the direction at >http://depts.washington.edu/mysql/mysql.html, >I got an error message below, > >dante13% ./bin/mysqladmin -u root '' >./bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed >error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket >'/mysql.sock' (2)' >Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: >'/mysql.sock' exists! >dante13% > >Even though I tried to several ways, I couldn't make it. >I greatly appreciate your comment. > >Jay Ryu > >Dept. of Civil Engineering. >206)616-1775 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp .