position of mysql.sock

Hi, when I installed PHP 4.0.2 I used (besides others) the following configuration options: --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/apache In the PHP.INI I have a statement like this: mysql.default_socket = /var/local/mysql/mysql.sock Unless I do a 'ln -s /var/local/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock' access to my MySql server fails with an error message like this: "cannot connect to server localhost via socket /tmp.mysql.sock" When I switched from PHP 3.0.16 to PHP 4.0.1pl2 I encountered the same odd thing but healed it with the mysql.default_soccket in the PHP.INI. This time it does not seem to work. And I do not believe that creating a link to the real socket is really the way. Why did work before? I could have omitted a certain configuration option, but if so, I cannot remember it. I need a clue, please. Can anyone tell me where I am missing the point? Cheers, Arne