have you started the mysqld? if so, you have to start it before using mysql.
after running it for the first time, the /var/lib/mysql/ directory will have
contents.
Bobby
On Wednesday 02 May 2001 19:12, you wrote:
> Hi,
> After I installed RH7, I check 'rpm -q mysql' and showed mysql-3.23.22-6,
> but when I type 'mysql' , an error message showed 'ERROR 2002: Can't
> connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
> (111) I checked the directory '/var/lib/mysql/' and found out the directory
> is empty. How can I solve this problem?
> Many thanks!
> -- YC
>
>
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