Re: problem with mysql and snort

[Joel Esler <joel.esler () sourcefire com>]

First things first I guess...

is mysql running?  'ps ax | grep mysql'

Joel

On  0, Tom?s Rodriguez Orta <admin () angerona cult cu> wrote:
> Hello friends.
> I have installed the snort and mysql 4.0.21, but when I execute the snort in
> the console, it showing the followin error.
> polux#snort
> database: compiled support for ( mysql )
> database: configured to use mysql
> database:          user = root
> database: password is set
> database: database name = snort
> database:          host = localhost
> database:   sensor name = 192.168.0.1
> ERROR: database: mysql_error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through
> socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (38)
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
>
> why?
> I try to solve the problem
> first- the file mysql.sock is in /var/db/mysql/mysql.sock not  in the
> /tmp/mysql.sock, in the file my.cfg of the mysql, I write the followin line.
> socket = /var/db/mysql/mysql.sock
> big-tables
> skip-innodb
> skip-locking
> [mysql.server]
> user=mysql
> basedir=/usr/local/mysql/
> [mysql_safe]
> err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
> pid-file=/var/run/mysql.pid
>
> second- I make an symbolic enlace with
> ln -s /var/db/mysql/mysql.sock  /tmp/mysql.sock
>
> and the final result was negative, the problem continue.
> please, I need some help for  run snort very well without problem.
> I hope some help.
> best regards sincerely TOMAS
>
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