On 16/01/2022 09:18, pinnerite wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:44:44 +0100
> "J.O. Aho" <
us...@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On 15/01/2022 23.56, pinnerite wrote:
>>> When I try to start MySQL from a Linux Mint 20.3 terminal, it returns this:
>>>
>>> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
>>>
>>> I cannot find any configuration file that points to that address.
>>>
>>> How does MySQL know to look there?
>>>
>>
>> The mysql daemon hasn't been started
>>
>> sudo systemctl start mysql
>>
>> if you want it to be automatically started after each reboot, then run this:
>>
>> sudo systemctl enable mysql
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> //Aho
>
> That still doesn't answer my question.
>
> What directs MySQL to look to var/run/mysqld to locate the socket file?
>
> Alan
>
But I think its a compiled in default. That can be changed there.