Start mysqld_safe with --console OR --error-log=/<logdirectory>/errlog.err
--console will print your errors to the screen ./mysqld_safe --console John Mancuso Linux Administrator/MySQL DBA IT Infrastructure American Home Mortgage w: 631-622-6382 c: 516-652-2475 -----Original Message----- From: Ahamarshan jn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:25 PM To: John Mancuso Subject: RE: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server Hiya, I could not find .err file anywhere. and my mysql.sock file is showing 0 bytes in it. - ash# --- John Mancuso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you looked in your mysql error log in your data directory? Check > /<datadir>/<hostname>.err > > FYI- the locate command needs to be updated. It can show old info if > you don't run updatedb frequently > > > John Mancuso > Linux Administrator/MySQL DBA > IT Infrastructure > American Home Mortgage > w: 631-622-6382 > c: 516-652-2475 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ahamarshan jn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:54 AM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server > > Hi, > I was appending Grant previledges to some databases in mysql; either > i typed something wrong or there is a bug which I am uncertain about, > but what happened was I could not login as su anymore. I then solved > this problem by changing grp (chgrp) permission in /bin/su and it > works fine. > > However I could not connect to mysql again > > When I start mysql I get the following error $ mysql ERROR 2002 > (HY000): > Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' > (111) > > I could not start nor stop any running mysql I tried to reboot my > system hoping that the process will terminate and restart fresh but > during shutdown I see the message that mysql shutdown failed. Upon > booting again I could not start mysql > > Even though it shows the file here > [EMAIL PROTECTED] locate mysql.sock > /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > the cat of my.cnf is > > $ cat my.cnf > > [mysqld] > datadir=/var/lib/mysql > socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock > > # Default to using old password format for compatibility with old and > # shorter password hash. > # Reference: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Password_hashing.html > old_passwords=1 > > [mysql.server] > user=mysql > basedir=/var/lib > > [mysqld_safe] > err-log=/var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log > pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid > > Also I tried to kill mysql by using PID ie kill -9 'PID' > but each time the PID changes when i do ps -ax|grep mysql and it fails > to kill mysql. > > Can some Mysql messiah help me solve this problem. > > Thank you in advance > - ash# > PS: I guessed it was quite a common error but when searched through > the list it retrived me null post, hence I am posting this. > > -- > 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]
