Bug 18376 - Cannot open local connections as non-root user
Summary: Cannot open local connections as non-root user
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 17432
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mysql
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Patrick Macdonald
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-10-05 03:23 UTC by Damien Miller
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-10-05 03:23:35 UTC
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Description Damien Miller 2000-10-05 03:23:34 UTC
Trying to connect to a local mysql server fails as a non-root user.

The /var/lib/mysql directory is mode 0700 and the clients are trying to
open the socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

Fix: make /var/lib/mysql mode 0711

Comment 1 Daniel Roesen 2000-10-05 11:26:29 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17432 ***


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