> I am new to MySQL and have just installed the MySQL rpm files to my Linux
> box.
>
> I have run "mysql_install_db" with no problems and I have then run
> "safe_mysqld &" this comes up with the messsage
>
> "starting mysql daemon with databses from /var/lib/mysql
>
> mysqld daemon ended"
>
> I assumed that this was corrected and then ran "mysqladmin version" to which
> i recieved the following error message
>
> "can't connect to local mysql server through socket
> /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock (111)
>
> check that mysql is running and that the socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
> exists"
>
> I can not find any mysql processes running when I type "ps" and I cannot
> find any sock files anywhere.
>
> What am i doing wrong can somebody please please help.
>
Well I have the same problem and to solve it I run mysql with mysqld
command"mysqld --sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock -uusername -p" option from
command line (and it starts).Then I can connect with mysql and check with
mysqladmin.
Maybe someone have better solution of this problem?
Regards
Mariusz Brzezinski
WBK SA
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