Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket

[Kevin Roberts]

Can any please help with is?

ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql' (111)

root       682     1  0 15:35 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/safe_mysqld --d
mysql      730   682  0 15:35 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-f
mysql      752   730  0 15:35 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-f
mysql      754   752  0 15:35 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-f
mysql      755   752  0 15:35 ?        00:00:00 /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-f

This is runnung on Redhat 7.1


Thanks Kevin