ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)

really appreciate if someone could help. Cheers, Andreas -- andreas otto london (uk) - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive

Re: ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13)

Hi Gerald, In order for andreaso to open mysql.sock, he needs search permission on /var/lib/mysql. chmod 775 /var/lib/mysql That was it! Thanks for helping me out ;-) Cheers, Andreas -- andreas otto london (uk