yes I did.  ps shows the following

root      9066  0.0  2.1  2108  988 ?        S    10:23   0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld
root      9079  0.0  3.8 12084 1796 ?        S    10:23   0:00
/usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=
root      9081  0.0  3.8 12084 1796 ?        S    10:23   0:00
/usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=
root      9082  0.0  3.8 12084 1796 ?        S    10:23   0:00
/usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=
root      9393  0.0  1.2  1592  580 pts/1    S    18:40   0:00 grep mysql

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Chris Bolt wrote:

> > You can start the MySQL daemon with:
> > cd /usr/local/mysql ; /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld &
> ...
> > [root@stupidsiteforjerks mysql-3.23.38]# /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
> > -u
> > root -p password 'new-password'
> > Enter password:
> > /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> > error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> > '/tmp/mysql.sock'
> > (2)'
> > Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock'
> > exists!
> 
> Did you start the MySQL daemon before trying to change your password, as it
> says above? What does ps auxw | grep mysql say?
> 
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