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On Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:44:44 +0100
"J.O. Aho" <user@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

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