On 9 Oct 2002, ddc_prueba wrote:

> As I was having problems with mysql and already I had done nothing with
> it I decided to do a "rpm -e " to mysql packages and removed 
> /var/lib/mysql directory as well. Then I reinstalled it...
> 
> Problem is that there is no socket file now, so when I execute myql
> client it complaints:
> 
> mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
> error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
> Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!
> 

You've probably checked already, but did you make sure that mysqld is
started? The socket is created when the mysql service starts up and
deleted after it ends.

Try:
  service mysql start

To start on boot:
  chkconfig --level 2345 mysql on
> 
> How can I make the socket file I am missing?? (Have googled around and
> have seen this is even in faqs, but they don't explain how a socket file
> is done).
> 
> 
> 
> 


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