Thanks to all that reply to my help request.
Yes, mysqld was not running.
Thanks again,
Nestor :-)
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Before posting, please check:
http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)
http://lists.mysql.com/ (the
do not need (maybe even must not) use -u root -p
Just try it without it. Simply "mysql".
Jan Kovar
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From: Mertens Bram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mysql error in RH7.3
On Wed, 2002-0
On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 03:35, nflorez wrote:
> I am trying to run Mysql for the first time and it fail.
> --
> #mysql -u root -p
> Enter password:
> ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
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I'm new to this list so
I am trying to run Mysql for the first time and it fail.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Nestor :-)
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#mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
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