Hi thanks for your reply.
i found the problem, the problem was due to maintenance activity IT team rebooted the machine but they didn't start the mysql server after reboot. i executed mysqld with root credit. i got the below output but still the cursor not return to prompt bash-2.03# /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld -u root 091027 15:35:09 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 625687 091027 15:35:10 [Note] /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.0.51-log' socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution can you verify this. is it correct. thanks in advance.. Best Regards Faizal S GSM : 9840118673 Blog: http://oradbapro.blogspot.com On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM, <li...@up-south.com> wrote: > The socket hets created when you start the server > It might be in the mysql home dir, it might be in /var/run. > See if its declared in my.cnf > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >