I was having problems making a connection to a MySQL 5 database from CocoaMySQL, both running on Mac OS X Server 10.5. I fired up Terminal, punched in the following line of code:<\/p>\n
sudo ln -s \/var\/mysql\/mysql.sock \/tmp\/mysql.sock<\/p>\n
and all was good.<\/p>\n
\n** UPDATE 1\/6\/2017 **<\/p>\n
\nWas having a similar problem under MacOS High Sierra Server.<\/p>\n
Error 2002 [HY000]: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘\/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql.sock’ [2]<\/p>\n
I opened Terminal and punched in the following lines of code:<\/p>\n
mkdir \/var\/lib\/mysql\/
\nsudo ln -s \/var\/mysql\/mysql.sock \/var\/lib\/mysql\/mysql.sock<\/p>\n
All is good (again).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was having problems making a connection to a MySQL 5 database from CocoaMySQL, both running on Mac OS X Server 10.5. I fired up Terminal, punched in the following line of code: sudo ln -s \/var\/mysql\/mysql.sock \/tmp\/mysql.sock and all … Continue reading