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--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20191011/Nebulous-Server/bin/neb-voladd	(revision 41015)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20191011/Nebulous-Server/bin/neb-voladd	(revision 41016)
@@ -43,4 +43,10 @@
 
 my $dbh = DBI->connect(
+    # if you want to work with the localhost database but get socket path errors,
+    # you should set the server host as 127.0.0.1 (not localhost)
+
+    # the following tells DBI to read the mysql/my.cnf files
+    #  "DBI:mysql:database=$db:host=$dbhost:mysql_read_default_group=dbd_mysql",
+
     "DBI:mysql:database=$db:host=$dbhost",
     $dbuser,