Well, the find / -name mysql.sock didn't return anything at all so this *is* an odd predicament. Would it work if someone with a similar version e-mailed me a copy of their mysql.sock file?
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It doesn't look as if you have any conflicting MySQL versions. When the server is running, have you looked for the socket (someone may have already asked you this, but I'm running out of ideas)?
find / -name mysql.sock
mysql.sock isn't a 'file' in the normal sense of the word. It's more like a symbolic link to the socket which is bound to the the port MySQL is listening on (so to speak). It can't really be sent to you, as it has to be generated when the server starts up. Let me recap what we've done here so that hopefully someone will reconize the problem for you...
MySQL is running (verified with a ps -ax) mysql.sock does not exist cannot shutdown server, even as root
What's the permissions on the /var/lib/mysql directory, and what user/group is the mysql daemon set to run as in your my.cnf file?
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