Misbehaving mysql57-server

[Bill Cole]

On 29 Mar 2020, at 19:58, John Korchok wrote:

> With the addition of sudo, I get:
>
> COMMAND PID USER    FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF                  NODE    
>    NAME
> mysqld         79  _mysql 10u unix   0x40bdd8b3f53719a7        0t0     
>        /opt/local/var/run/mysql56/mysqld.sock
>
> but there is still no sock file at that location. As I mentioned 
> earlier, the mysql-error log does show the creation of the sock file 
> on the last line after restarting.
>
> Is there a process that might destroy it after it's created?

That could be p[art of some convoluted explanation, but I think the 
explanation is MUCH simpler.

Are you relying on the Finder to look in /opt/local/var/run/mysql56/? 
Don't. It will not show you everything. Use 'ls' instead.


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