Re: What happened to my /tmp/mysql.sock ?!!??!

On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 12:22 PM Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 6:51 PM Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I accidentally erased the above file and now no matter what I try
>> (even a complete fresh install of the OS!?!?!) I can not get it made..
>> It appears it comes prebroken actually due to manually attempt to
>> start the service
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>> So the question is how on earth do I make this file... spent a while
>> searching the web and fighting with chatGPT to no avail.
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> That file is created automatically when MySQL is started. It is a Unix socket.
> You do not need a complete reinstall of the OS to solve this problem.
> Just find out what is stopping MySQL service from starting.
> You do not even need to reinstall MySQL!

root@sarek1024:~ # ls /tmp/m*
ls: No match.
root@sarek1024:~ # service mysql-server onestart
// modified rc.d file to echo command as well as do it
/usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe --initialize
--defaults-extra-file=/usr/local/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr/local
--datadir=/var/db/mysql --mysqld-file=/usr/local/libexec/mysqld
--user=mysql
Starting mysql.
root@sarek1024:~ # !ls
ls /tmp/m*
ls: No match.
root@sarek1024:~ # mysql
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
root@sarek1024:~ # tail -20 /var/log/messages
May 27 05:32:01 sarek1024 pkg-static[82552]: libXScrnSaver-1.2.4 installed
May 27 05:32:09 sarek1024 pkg-static[88080]: tk86-8.6.13 installed
May 27 05:34:47 sarek1024 pkg-static[99500]: shc-4.0.3 installed
May 27 05:34:48 sarek1024 pkg-static[99839]: tk-wrapper-1.1_3 installed
May 27 05:34:48 sarek1024 pkg-static[99963]: tkdiff-5.0 installed
May 27 05:34:48 sarek1024 pkg-static[160]: aegis-4.25_14 installed
May 27 05:35:00 sarek1024 pkg-static[5372]: gsed-4.9 installed
May 27 05:35:59 sarek1024 pkg-static[81263]: lsof-4.97.0,8 installed
May 27 05:36:00 sarek1024 pkg-static[81390]: libexplain-1.3.D012_6 installed
May 27 05:36:04 sarek1024 pkg-static[83063]: fhist-1.21_6 installed
May 27 05:36:23 sarek1024 pkg-static[86662]: cook-2.30_3 installed
May 27 05:36:24 sarek1024 pkg-static[87421]: log4j-1.2.17 installed
May 27 05:36:24 sarek1024 pkg-static[87556]:
mysql-connector-java51-5.1.49 installed
May 27 07:18:39 sarek1024 su[87745]: aryeh to root on /dev/pts/0
May 27 07:20:44 sarek1024 aryeh[88442]:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server: WARNING: failed precmd routine for
mysql
May 27 07:22:38 sarek1024 aryeh[88484]:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server: WARNING: failed precmd routine for
mysql
May 27 07:27:13 sarek1024 aryeh[88574]:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server: WARNING: failed precmd routine for
mysql
May 27 07:33:42 sarek1024 aryeh[89279]:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server: WARNING: failed precmd routine for
mysql
May 27 07:34:42 sarek1024 aryeh[89290]:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server: WARNING: failed precmd routine for
mysql
May 27 07:35:28 sarek1024 aryeh[89303]:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server: WARNING: failed precmd routine for
mysql


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> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org