installing mysql in solaris7

[tempsup]

./mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2
'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' exists!



when trying to start mysql, i keep getting the above error. Please help.

 

[rzs0502]

If you don't have write access to create a socket file at the default place (in `/tmp') or permission to create temporary files in `/tmp,' you will get an error when running mysql_install_db or when starting or using mysqld.
You can give mysql read/write access or specify a different socket and temporary directory as follows:

shell> TMPDIR=/some_tmp_dir/
shell> MYSQL_UNIX_PORT=/some_tmp_dir/mysqld.sock
shell> export TMPDIR MYSQL_UNIX_PORT

In /etc/smb.conf, change the location of the socket

[client]
socket=path-for-socket-file
[mysqld]
socket=path-for-socket-file

You would want to secure the file to the owner and root so that no one can delete the file and crash the database.
Hope that helps...