Re: Snort with Mysql

[Joe McAlerney <joey () SiliconDefense com>]

Someone else had the same problem.  The file ended up being in /tmp on a
RH 7.1 box.  Like you said, a sym link solved the problem.

-Joe M.

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roman () danyliw com wrote:
> This is a MySQL configuration issue.
>
> It would appear that your MySQL setup is trying to use a UNIX domain
> socket to communicate, however it is unable find it in the specified
> file.  As a consequence, a connection to the DB server cannot be
> made.  Is there a mysql.sock file being created when you start the server?
> Since the mysqld is expecting it in 'var/lib/mysql', try creating a
> symbolic link in this directory to the real mysql.sock.
>
> Roman
>
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Suchun Wu wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use a new released version of snort, i.e. snort-1.8.1-RELEASE
> > and mysql of 2.23.41. The compilation seems ok but I could not start the
> > snort. When I run "snort -c snortrules", it gives me the following error
> > message:
> >
> >      database: mysql_error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> > socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> >
> > Your helps are very appreciated,
> >
> > Suchun
>
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