The reason that you cannot connect is that your MySQL server is not running.
Make sure that you have run `#/usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld &` First and then try to run mysqladmin. The other option is to run `#/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin status` to check to see if the server is running. J.R. -----Original Message----- From: sasa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: No connect to mysql Hi, I have a problem with mysql 4.0.22 on fedora core 2. ..when I try: #/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'xxxx' /usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql.sock (2)' Check that mysql is running and that the socket: '/var/lib/mysql.sock' exists ! .. the file mysql.sock not exists but I can to resolve ? .. thanks and sorry for my banal question. Salvatore. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
