I would try my best to find a way to login as root or maybe user mysql.
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 12:48 PM To: John Mancuso Subject: RE: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid 070619 17:40:10 mysqld ended --- John Mancuso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hiya, These are the outputs i get when using mysqld_safe --console as root mysqld_safe --console Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid 070619 17:45:48 mysqld ended as user [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]$ mysqld_safe --console Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql /usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 363: /var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log: Permission denied rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock': Permission denied /usr/bin/mysqld_safe: line 371: /var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log: Permission denied STOPPING server from pid file /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid tee: /var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log: Permission denied 070619 17:46:52 mysqld ended tee: /var/log/mysqld/mysqld.log: Permission denied I could not locate the logdirectory, any pointers to this please? - ash# > 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] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
