Re: Cannot Start MySQL

[John Nichel <jnichel by-tor com>]

Check to see if /tmp/mysql.sock exists.

Did you install this from the rpm or from source?

CM Miller wrote:
> Running RH 7.3 and I can start the MySQL daemon but
> when I try to login as a normal user, I have no luck. 
>
> MySQL is located here 
>
> /usr/local/MySQL/mysql.tgz/bin 
>
> and I've added this to my path but when a user tries
> to start it with 
>
> ./mysql 
>
> I get the following error, 
>
> Error 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server
> through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) 
>
> Please help 
>
> thanks
>
> -Chris 
>
>
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