On 7/6/04 5:08 PM, "Daniel Taylor" <random at argle.org> wrote: > Try "mysql -u root -h localhost -p", the command you entered will try > to use the unix domain socket rather than the net socket. Daniel, Thanks for the suggestion. I got: beethoven:/home/wilson# mysql -u root -h localhost -p Enter password: ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'root at localhost' (Using password: YES) > Of course, if it is for purely local use that would be preferable anyway. So if I used unix domain sockets, can I turn of the networking in my.cnf? -Tim -- Tim Wilson Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA Educational technology guy, Linux and OS X fan, Grad. student, Daddy mailto: wilson at visi.com aim: tis270 public key: 0x8C0F8813 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list