Hi,

I installed mysql 5.0 on redhat 9.0 from source (tar).
The whole procedure occured properly, i could do ./mysqld_safe.
But when i want to start the client: mysql, i get :error 2002: cannot
connect to mysql server through 'tmp/mysql.sock'.

I set /tmp with the sticky bit, because otherwise file 'mysql.sock' woukd be
deleted !?.
I also created 'my.cnp into /etc, but my problem is that there is no file
'mysql.sock'.

I recompiled it again (make, make install) but still no file 'mysql.sock'
anywhere.

How can i create or get such a file?
Thanks
ben