At 16:01 -0500 11/1/02, Eric.Pfeifer@stripped wrote:
> I am relatively new to using MySQL and cannot understand why when I
>use mysqladmin or mysql client with any other id than root I get the cannot
>connect to local MySQL Server though socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. Can
>someone tell me if it's a permission's problem or something else. My my.cnf
>file has the socket definition defined and mysql works fine for the root
It may be that the /var/lib/mysql directory isn't publicly accessible.
What are the permissions on that directory?
>I have installed MySQL 4.04 client and server on Linux 7.0
>Can someone tell me what I am missing?